Valencia's Negredo has surgery for acute appendicitis

Valencia forward Alvaro Negredo has had emergency surgery for acute appendicitis, the La Liga club said on Monday. The former Spain striker, who has been out of favour at his club and has not played since early October, went under the knife at a hospital in the Spanish port city on Monday afternoon, Valencia said on their website (www.valenciacf.com). Reports in Spain have suggested coach Nuno dropped Negredo because he was unhappy with comments the player made about tactics in a newspaper inter