Leo Ulloa has joined Premier League Leicester City
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11:30 22nd July 2014
by Paul Camillin
Leo has been tremendous for us, he has given us some truly memorable moments"
Tony Bloom
Tony Bloom
Leo Ulloa has completed his transfer from Brighton & Hove Albion to Leicester City, after the club reluctantly agreed to sell the striker for a club record transfer fee.
The Argentine forward - who joined Albion from Almeria in January 2013 - joins the Premier League newcomers on a four-year deal.
Albion chairman Tony Bloom commented, "Initially we did not want Leo to go, but once he made it clear to us he wanted to join Leicester and play in the Premier League, it was then a case of ensuring we received our valuation.
"Leo has been tremendous for us, he has given us some truly memorable moments in the last season and a half - with his header against Nottingham Forest the pick of the bunch.
"I would like to thank him for his efforts and wish him well in the Premier League."
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Ulloa hit 25 goals in 52 appearances for Albion, with last season disrupted by a foot injury during the first half of the campaign.
As well as his dramatic last-gasp winner on the final day, which clinched Albion's play-off spot last season, he hit memorable cup goals against Arsenal, on his debut, and Hull City, in last season's fifth round.
He also fired Albion into the play-offs in 2013, with his winning goal against Leeds at Elland Road - and also hit a brace in a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace in March of the same year.
Ulloa is also the only player who has scored a hat-trick at the Amex, after he smashed a treble against Huddersfield Town in February 2013.
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