On Monday, El Periódico Mediterráneo stated Villarreal and Brighton & Hove Albion have reached an agreement in principle for the transfer of Pervis Estupiñan in a deal worth €23m.
It was also explained the left-back has said goodbye to his teammates and could travel to England soon.
The Ecuador international’s move to Brighton seems close to being completed if multiple reports coming out of Spain today are to be believed.
Marca state the 24-year-old didn’t train with the La Liga side yesterday and is already in the United Kingdom to complete his move to The Amex.
Nottingham Forest tried to beat Graham Potter’s side to sign the former Watford man in the last few hours, but he prefers to join the Seagulls.
Tuesday’s edition of El Periódico Mediterráneo echoes Marca’s report as they state the player didn’t train with Villarreal yesterday and instead ‘travelled to England’, to finalise his move to Brighton.
Estupiñan is in the English city, likely to carry out the medical tests and ‘close the fringes’ of the deal, to officially announce his transfer to the Premier League side.
