[Pat Murphy]

Sevilla Claim De Sanctis Deal

Morgan de Sanctis will be unveiled as a Sevilla player on Tuesday after agreeing to join the UEFA Cup holders, the Andalucian club has announced.

The 30-year-old goalkeeper became the first player in Italian football to rescind his own contract, which he did to force a move out of Udinese.

Pietro Leonardi, Udinese's chief operating officer, confirmed that the player had used a new FIFA rule to "voluntarily and unilaterally" rescind his contract".

"It is the first case of a formal request being received to do this in Italy," Leonardi added.

Sevilla claim that they have agreed a deal with the keeper, despite reports linking him with a move to Lazio.

"The Italian goalkeeper, Morgan de Sanctis, is Sevilla FC's first signing for the 07/08 season," a statement on the Spanish club's website read.

"The former Udinese custodian will be presented tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium."

De Sanctis' capture means that David Cobeño will now be sold after he refused to be play for the B team, Sevilla Atlético, in la Segunda A next term.

Despite making several first team appearances last season, Cobeño is second choice to Andrés Palop, but was confident of dislodging the number one.

from Goal.com

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He's unlikely to dislodge Palop at first, I'd have thought he'd move to a team where he'd be number 1.