United table a club-record bid for the Castella playmaker as the window's biggest saga begins.
The transfer window has its saga. Northgate United have tabled a club-record bid for Castella playmaker Aurelio Vega, and negotiations between the two clubs are expected to continue through the week.
Vega, 24, registered eleven goals and fourteen assists last season, and his ability to operate between the lines is seen as the missing piece in United's attack. Sources close to the player say he is keen on the move.
Castella are holding out for a higher fee and want a sell-on clause included in any deal. United's board, meanwhile, is determined not to be drawn into a bidding war with two rival clubs monitoring the situation.
Our verdict: this one runs late into the window, but United's persistence usually pays off. Expect developments before the weekend.
