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Real Madrid target Aspas renews with Celta until 2023

Celta Vigo have completed a coup in securing star striker Iago Aspas to a new four-year contract.

Aspas has been a revelation for Celta since returning from Sevilla in 2015 for a second spell, and the club have acknowledged his inspirational form this term by tying him down until 2023.

The forward's career looked to be at a crossroads when successive seasons at Liverpool and Sevilla saw him score just two league goals in 30 appearances.

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But a move back to Celta – where he came through the academy – saw him find his form again, scoring 14 La Liga goals in the 2015-16 campaign and 19 in 2016-17, when he also helped the club to the Europa League semi-finals.