The Valencia Herald
The terraces14 Jun 2038
Anger at Valencia spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Market14 Jun 2038
Cristian Santana hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valencia can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Jun 2038
Valencia turn down VfB Stuttgart for Cristian Santana
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad14 Jun 2038
Tempers go at Valencia
Diego López was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market14 Jun 2038
Luken Sosa is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Valencia is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad14 Jun 2038
Cristian Santana falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom14 Jun 2038
Valencia beat the market to Shaun McWilliams from Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Shaun McWilliams has pre-agreed a move to Valencia, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Market14 Jun 2038
Burgos watching Daniel Romero
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Valencia have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad14 Jun 2038
Eric stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Eric and Valencia agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.