Juan Mata Spain U21 report 2

Spain U-21 squad faced Ukraine U-21 squad and beat them convincingly 3-0. Juan Mata was once again the main player on the field and scored two goals for Spain U-21 ensuring Spain placed first in the group and will be in the semi-finals.

For the first goal Mata was basically at the right place at the right time and with only the keeper to beat he scored. The second goal came from a penalty, but his overall play was very good as well, although not as striking as his previous performance.

Mata has so far scored 2 goals and provided 2 assists, making him a standout player so far in the tournament. 

This tournament is very good for Mata as it makes Mata a better player, gives him more experience and its good for Valencia as well because he is our player and when he returns to Valencia he will come as an improved player.

Valencia CF wallpapers

Hi there, our friends at www.valenciacf.cz have sent me some cool wallpapers from their website and I'm posting them right now.
These will be followed by more wallpapers at a later date when there isn't much news to write.
Again if someone can create VCF wallpapers or already has some unseen send them to my email adress at slickr12345_at_yahoo_dot_com

Preseason friendlies

Valencia CF will have quite a few preseason preparation matches. There are curently 6 confirmed matches and 2 more matches that can happen, but again all of this can change and its not 100% certain.

Preseason fixtures:
19.07.2011:PSV vs Valencia
23.07.2011:Leicester City vs Valencia
30.07.2011:Sporting (L) vs Valencia
02.08.2011:Hamburg SV vs Valencia
06.08.2011:Liverpool vs Valencia
12.08.2011:Valencia vs Roma

Valencia CF interested in Nicolas Pareja

Spanish newspaper Marca is reporting that Valencia CF is interested in signing Nicolas Pareja who currently plays in Spartak Moscow.
Nicolas Pareja is 27 years old, is Argentine nationality and plays as center back. He has played once for Argentina senior national team and 5 times for Argentina U23 team in the 2008 summer Olympics.

Before he joined Spartak Moscow he played for Espanyol for two seasons and before that he played for Anderlecht for two years as well.

Reportedly Braulio Vasquez is going to travel to Moscow where he will meet with Spartak Moscow's representatives and inquire about the possible transfer for Pareja.

Valencia CF are said to be offering up to 10 million euros for the services of Nicolas Pareja. Valencia CF has at most 10 million euros for a central defender and this is big money that Valencia wants to spend on unproven player.

I'm not sure if this news is true or not, I believe it to be fabricated or maybe sort of inquiry about the player and price which doesn't mean anything, but if this news ends up being true that it is certainly bad business.
Nicolas Pareja is not worth 10 million euros, he is barely worth 5 million considering he missed half the season last season and previously he played for Espanyol, not really a big achievement.

Malaga serious about signing Isco

As if Malaga can't do anymore damage to Valencia CF with the Joaquin saga, now they are looking to Valencia CF best youth player Isco Alarcon and reports are that Malaga is seriously thinking about reaching the buy-out clause of 6 million euros for Isco.

Before going to vacation Isco said he likes it in Valencia and plans to continue in Valencia for many years.

Hopefully Malaga won't tarnish any last bit of reputation they might have left from before and stop their interest in Isco.

Juan Mata Spain U21 report

Juan Mata had an amazing showing today for the Spainish U-21 side against the Czech Republic U-21 side. Juan Mata provided 2 assists to Adrian and was probably the best player on the field for Spain under 21 squad.

Mata provided several more through balls, was very active on the field and linked up well with Muniain and Adrian.

Ever Banega wants to stay at Valencia CF

Ever Banega has suggested through the social networks that he wants to stay with Valencia CF. You all remember that Ever Banega tweeted near the end of the season how he would look at offers this summer, he then went on to describe that tweet as a joke to a friend and now he says he wants to stay at Valencia CF, has no problems with anyone at Valencia CF and wants be be at Valencia CF for a long time.

Well the thing is he has been seen drinking and staying up late in the morning hours numerous times, he has been seen smoking, he has been hanging out with trouble boy Chori Dominguez and has openly written he will look at offers to leave Valencia CF this summer.

Now the tables have turned and Valencia CF is looking to offload him, so they are going to use the Copa America 2011 to have Ever Banega's price increased.

Is there a possibility that Valencia CF does not sell him? - Yes there is a small chance that he may stay with Valencia CF, but it will all depend on how much Valencia CF spends on reinforcements.

Do you remember when I reported 7-8 months ago that Valencia CF would have around 16 million euros for reinforcements depending on where it will finish in the Champions League this summer? - Well as you can see Valencia CF has already spend 3 million on Diego Alves, 6 million on Daniel Parejo and that means Valencia CF is left with 7 million euros more for transfers. I mean maybe at max we are left with 10 million euros to spend, but that is very unlikely so Valencia will need to sell, otherwise we would be going in the red in the transfer market, for the first time in 3 seasons actually.

I don't think the decision has been taken that Ever Banega will be sold 100%, but chances are its very, very likely he is going to be sold. Evidence of this is that Llorente and Braulio just promised at the Rami presentation that they are looking at signing two more defenders, so that would mean Valencia is likely to spend more than 10 millions euros going forward.