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Bolton target Jeffren set for Sporting switch

ESPNsoccernet staff
August 2, 2011
Jeffren is valued at €5 million © PA Photos
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Barcelona winger Jeffren Suarez is edging closer to a move to Sporting, according to his father.

Jeffren, 23, has been linked with a transfer away from Camp Nou for some time after struggling to establish himself as a first-team regular under Pep Guardiola.

Liverpool and Bolton had been among those clubs linked with a swoop for the Spain Under-21 international, who recently tasted glory at the European Championship, but it is Portuguese side Sporting who look set to complete his signing.

The player's father Efren Suarez, who is also the winger's agent, confirmed that a €5 million move is close. "Things are going in a really nice direction; there are only a few details about the deal left," Suarez told Portugese newspaper A Bola.

Jeffren made his debut for Barca in the 2006-07 season but with Guardiola consistently preferring Pedro as a starter, the Bolivian-born winger's chances have been limited and he has now decided it is time to leave the club after seven years.

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