Alvaro Negredo
Negredo had a successful time at Sevilla, scoring 70 goals in 139 matches. City scored 93 goals in Premier League 2011-12 compared to just 66 in Premier League 2012-13, which shows that goal scoring was a major factor behind City’s failure to retain their title last season.
Negredo enjoyed a decent conversion rate of 19.5% last season, a higher conversion rate than Aguero and Dzeko enjoyed last season.
Negredo is also good aerially. He is a tall, physical striker who can use his power to muscle out defenders, in a similar way to Dzeko. He could be very useful against physical teams like Stoke and Everton. Negredo can be classified as a member of the “fox in the box” category.
Many people highlight the fact that Negredo missed the most clear cut scoring chances (29) in Europe but even Cavani missed 26 clear cut scoring chances and the fact that he still enjoyed a solid conversion rate shows he is still a good goal scorer. Negredo is very much a poacher though with all of his 25 La Liga goals coming from inside the box. Graphic showing from where Negredo scored all his goals: