Negredo ‘sees the light’ at Valencia

Negredo started well under Pellegrini but fell out of favour in the second half of the season, with injuries restricting his involvement.

Negredo revealed in an interview with AS that he needed to leave the Premier League to rediscover his passion for the game.

"I needed to come back [to Spain] so I could feel like a footballer again after months out. Now I've returned, I can see the light,” he said.

Negredo then reflected on his time at City with fondness, although he was less willing todiscuss former Coach Pellegrini in the same light.

"The experience [at Manchester City] was very good. I loved City as a club, but after January the Coach stopped counting on me, in spite of the fact that I sustained a shoulder injury," he added.

"I even went to a clinic which was attended by rugby players, and they applied this special bandage [on my shoulder] because Aguero had been injured in a previous match against Tottenham and the Coach forced me to wear it.

"I was not comfortable and the pain was unbearable, but I went through with it.

"When the Coach started playing Dzeko I never regained the Coach's confidence, even after making a full recovery."

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