sentences:  In the middle of his third season with New York, in 2008, he made a transfer to Villarreal for a fee of $10 million.During his time with Villarreal, he left on three loan stints – with Spanish Segunda División club Xerez in February–May 2009, English Premier League club Hull City for the entire 2009–10 season, and Turkish club Bursaspor where he went on a six-month loan.In the summer of 2011, he made a switch to AZ in the Netherlands.