Raul Albiol has urged former Valencia teammate David Villa to join him at Real Madrid.

Valencia are ready to cash in on Villa and the Spain ace has been linked with Manchester United and Chelsea ahead of the January market.

Albiol has urged Villa to remain in Spain, declaring: "He's a great player and the best move for him would be to come to this club. If he arrived, he would be my teammate again and also in the national team.

"He has many years left in his career, but sometimes the Real train only stops once in your career."