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Nihat Kahveci To Join Besiktas From Villarreal

The Turkish hitman is on the verge of a return to his former club...

Jun 25, 2009 11:51:20 AM

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Prolific striker Nihat Kahveci is set to depart Villarreal for Besiktas, according to the Istanbul club.

The 29-year-old is officially in negotiations with his former side, whom he left in 2002 to begin a highly successful spell with Real Sociedad in Spain.

From there he went to Villarreal in 2006, and while his time at the Madrigal has been plagued with injury, he retains a formidable goalscoring record.

This has persuaded his boyhood club to part with a fee reportedly in the region of €4.5 million to bring the Turkish international home.

It is expected that Nihat will sign a three-year deal over the coming hours to make the deal official.

Nihat failed to score a league goal last season in what was a campaign massively ruined by injury, but the previous season saw him net 18 times in 25 league appearances.

Ewan Macdonald, Goal.com