The Galician club want to secure the services of the Villarreal youth academy graduate and are willing to add Roberto Lago as a makeweight in the deal.
Los Celestes want to secure the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonathan-c18993 Pereira as they make their return to Spanish top flight football after a long hiatus.
The Spanish forward has managed a decent return of 12 goals from 44 competitive appearances in Segunda Division and heads the list of reinforcements forwarded by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paco-c29025 Herrera.
It was earlier thought that Pereira is pushing the Betis hierarchy to follow up with the attention he has received from Galicia, while his employers were reluctant to part company with the squad player.
With 16 goals on his back in 71 domestic matches for Los Verdiblancos, the Andalusian outfit are happy to keep him in their roster as they do not find it necessary to dive into the transfer market with a set attack force.
However, Pereira has come out in the open to deny rumours that he is forcing his way out of the club as he is unsatisfied by the aspirations of Celta Vigo and is more than happy to stick at the Benito Villamarin.
Nevertheless, Celta are not giving up on their bid to sign the striker. The Balaidos-based football club previously added Venezuelan central defender, Andres Tunez, to sweeten the deal for Betis without success.
The club are now ready to entice Los Verdiblancos with first team regulars, Iago Aspas and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Lopez, in their bid to lower the transfer valuation.
In an alternative offer, Celta are willing to add left-back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Lago, to the deal in place of the midfielders. The defender is out of contract next June and has been unwilling to renew his contract.
For this reason, Vigo are ready to discard the 26-year-old youth academy graduate to withdraw the risk of losing him for free come June next year. His inclusion in the deal means that the recently promoted club side are looking for a straight swap.
While, Real Betis will be willing to add the assured left-back to their squad they want to recuperate some of the monies they spent on the operation that saw him arrive in Seville.
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