"Besiktas" acquired Juanfran © EuroFootball.com

The club of Turkey's Istanbul announced yesterday that they reached an agreement with Vigo, a team that dropped out of the highest league in Spain, for the purchase of defender Juanfran.

It is reported that "Celta" will receive 3.5 million euros for this transfer, and the player will sign a three-year contract with the Istanbul club.

"Besiktas" stated in an official announcement that their new team coach, former strategist of Madrid's "Real", Vicente del Bosque has long wanted to acquire the 28-year-old Spanish national team defender, who arrived at "Celta" from "Valencia" in 1999.