{"id":11240,"date":"2023-07-05T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/ben-brereton-diaz-villarreal-sign-ex-blackburn-rovers-striker\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T09:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:05:26","slug":"ben-brereton-diaz-villarreal-sign-ex-blackburn-rovers-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/ben-brereton-diaz-villarreal-sign-ex-blackburn-rovers-striker\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Brereton Diaz: Villarreal sign ex-Blackburn Rovers striker"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ben Brereton Diaz scored his final Blackburn Rovers goal in their 4-3 comeback win at Millwall on 8 May<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Blackburn Rovers striker Ben Brereton Diaz has joined Spanish La Liga side Villarreal after his contract ended with the Championship club.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 24-year-old joined Blackburn in January 2019 from Nottingham Forest after a loan spell at Ewood Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Chile international scored 47 goals in 177 Rovers appearances and joins Villarreal on a four-year deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last season he scored nine goals in 43 league appearances as the club missed out on the play-offs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having switched allegiance to Chile after coming through England’s youth set-up, he unexpectedly spearheaded the South American nation’s 2021 Copa America campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chile narrowly lost to Brazil at the quarter-final stage and in all, Brereton Diaz has scored seven goals in 20 caps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find all the latest football transfers <\/strong>on our dedicated page.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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