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Confirmed by Brighton.

 

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/ulloa-completes-leicester-move-1773896.aspx

 

"Leo Ulloa has completed his transfer from Brighton & Hove Albion to Leicester City, after the club reluctantly agreed to sell the striker for a club record transfer fee.

 
The Argentine forward - who joined Albion from Almeria in January 2013 - joins the Premier League newcomers on a four-year deal.
 
Albion chairman Tony Bloom commented, "Initially we did not want Leo to go, but once he made it clear to us he wanted to join Leicester and play in the Premier League, it was then a case of ensuring we received our valuation.

 

"Leo has been tremendous for us, he has given us some truly memorable moments in the last season and a half - with his header against Nottingham Forest the pick of the bunch.
 
"I would like to thank him for his efforts and wish him well in the Premier League."

 

Ulloa hit 25 goals in 52 appearances for Albion, with last season disrupted by a foot injury during the first half of the campaign.
 
As well as his dramatic last-gasp winner on the final day, which clinched Albion's play-off spot last season, he hit memorable cup goals against Arsenal, on his debut, and Hull City, in last season's fifth round.
 
He also fired Albion into the play-offs in 2013, with his winning goal against Leeds at Elland Road - and also hit a brace in a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace in March of the same year.
 
Ulloa is also the only player who has scored a hat-trick at the Amex, after he smashed a treble against Huddersfield Town in February 2013.
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http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/220714-leonardo-ulloa-joins-leicester-city-1771956.aspx

 

Leicester City Football Club is delighted to announce that we have reached an agreement with Brighton & Hove Albion for the transfer of striker Leonardo Ulloa.
Leo, who turns 28 this weekend, joins the Foxes for an undisclosed fee and has signed a four-year contract at King Power Stadium and will wear the No 23 shirt. He will join up with Nigel Pearson’s squad for the forthcoming visit to Thailand and could feature in Sunday’s pre-season friendly against Everton at Bangkok’s Supachalasai Stadium. 
 
Ulloa has performed impressively during the 18 months since he joined Brighton from Spanish side Almeria, scoring 26 goals in 58 appearances in all competitions and providing a powerful platform for the Seagulls’ attacking play. 
 
Operating as both a lone striker or accompanied by supporting forwards, the Argentinian front-man helped fire Brighton into the Sky Bet Championship Play-Offs last term, scoring crucially at Nottingham Forest on the final day of the season to secure a top-six finish. He ended the campaign with 16 goals. 

 

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson said: “We identified Leo as a player that could help us move forward quite some time ago. He complements the forwards we already have very well and his attributes broaden the options available to us, which will be important this season. I’m delighted we’ve been able to add him to the squad. 
 
“He has adapted extremely well to the English game in a relatively short period of time and I’m sure he will have a great deal to offer us in the Premier League.” 
 
Ulloa’s career began in Argentina in 2002 with second division outfit CAI, before he stepped up to the top flight with San Lorenzo three years later. Following spells with Arsenal Sarandi and Olimpo, a move to Europe beckoned for the talented forward and he joined Castellon in the Spanish second division in 2008. Ulloa began to make an impression in Spain immediately, scoring 16 times in his debut season and a further 14 the following year, despite Castellon’s relegation from the second tier. Ulloa, however, was progressing in the opposite direction and earned a move to top flight side Almeira in 2010. 

 

Almeira were unable to retain their Primera Liga status that season and missed out on an immediate return the following year, despite their talismanic front-man leading the second division’s scoring charts with 28 goals. A move for Ulloa seemed inevitable and it arrived some six months later when he joined Brighton in the January transfer window of 2013. 
 
Leo made a dream start at the American Express Community Stadium, scoring on his debut in an FA Cup Fourth Round tie against Arsenal and finding the net a further nine times before the end of the campaign. 
 
Brighton were ultimately vanquished in the play-offs by Crystal Palace that season, just as they were by Derby County last term, but Ulloa will now get his shot at the Premier League in the blue of Leicester City.

Read more at http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/220714-leonardo-ulloa-joins-leicester-city-1771956.aspx#KyCUFoW8oYZEykbp.99

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A time when we are in the PL, are debt free, have a manager identifying a top target that makes us break our record outlay .... and a board that back

him and land said target. A good day to be a fox.

Looking very rosey indeed
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Still not sure he is worth the amount we paid.

 

However what's done is done, time to back the guy now!

 

Of course he isn't, but we are going to have to overpay for all of our targets as we have loadsa money.

 

Bienvenido Leo.

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