Nil Bravo

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Marked for Nil Bravo

113 Edition

The Valencia Herald

25 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad25 Sep 2028

A falling-out at Valencia

Hugo Duro and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout25 Sep 2028

Stole Dimitrievski gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match23 Sep 2028

A bad afternoon for Valencia against Athletic Bilbao

0‑1 to Athletic Bilbao, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market25 Sep 2028

Jon Martín is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Valencia has been clear about where Jon Martín stands, which is more than many ever get.

Player ratings25 Sep 2028

Diego López beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad25 Sep 2028

Valencia count the cost of losing Nil Bravo

23 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

The dugout25 Sep 2028

José Diez: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout25 Sep 2028

Arnaut Danjuma has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Valencia will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout25 Sep 2028

Kevin Sanchez knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Valencia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

  • Squad Alonso Ripoll falls out with a teammate over standards
  • Looking ahead A test against the best for Valencia
  • Market The Hugo Duro story refuses to die
Back issues
109 Edition

The Valencia Herald

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market28 Aug 2028

Mouctar Diakhaby has said yes to Ponferradina

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Valencia have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market28 Aug 2028

Not going: Kevin Sanchez stays at Valencia

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Fulham had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Transfer targets28 Aug 2028

No deal for Dani Lorenzo at that price

Valencia offered $44.7M; Málaga said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Boardroom28 Aug 2028

Pressure builds in the Valencia boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market28 Aug 2028

Arnaut Danjuma puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Valencia, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets28 Aug 2028

Valencia make their move for Noel López

$4.3M on the table at Tenerife. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Market28 Aug 2028

Unionistas come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Valencia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Words exchanged at Valencia

Arnaut Danjuma and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match26 Aug 2028

Arnaut Danjuma sends Valencia past Osasuna

It finished 1‑0, and it was Arnaut Danjuma’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Valencia.

In brief