The Valencia Herald
Squad21 Aug 2028
Lucas Torreira damages knee ligaments — 63 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 63 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
RC Strasbourg tell Valencia: Samu Aghehowa is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market21 Aug 2028
Arnau Martínez says no to Alcorcón
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Arnau Martínez had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
An offer of $18.2M for Aune Heggebø
Valencia have gone to West Bromwich Albion with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market21 Aug 2028
Tarazona 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Valencia
Lucas Torreira 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Valencia
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Izei Duran joins the Valencia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Izei Duran is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Aug 2028
Rubén Diez steps up from the Valencia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rubén Diez has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.