Michel joins Hercules on a loan deal

Miguel A. Herrero Javaloyas "Michel" has become the new reinforcement for the 2011/12 season for Hercules CF. The player will be revealed today at 12am in the press room of Hercules CF.

Last season Michel was send on loan at Deportivo La Coruna and before that he features for the Mestalla team.

This leaves just Sunny, Chori and Aaron on the immediate chopping block.

Valencia CF first training 2011/12

Today was Valencia CF first training after last season ended. The training was at 8 O'clock this morning and the players were met by Valencia CF president Manuel Llorente who greeted the players and laid out his expectations of them. From then the players proceeded to minor medical tests and lightweight training sessions.

The training consisted mainly of warming up and light workouts, coupled with running and a little bit of ball workout.

At todays first training there were 19 players available, with 4 players coming from the youth team with Juan Mata and Daniel Parejo having few more days of vacation after their U-21 world cup winning, Pablo Piatti is yet to join the squad and Ever Banega is playing at the Copa America. The players who were at the training were Diego Alves, Vicente Guiata, Miguel Brito, Bruno, Ricardo. Costa, Adil Rami, Dealbert, Jeremy Mathieu, Jordi Alba, Pablo Hernandez, Hedwiges Maduro, Tino Costa, Mehmet Topal, David Albelda, Jonas Conglavies, Roberto Soldado, Aritz Aduriz, Sofiane Fghuoli and from the youth team José Antonio Pardo, Juan Bernat, Cristian Portu and Salva Ruiz.

From today until the start of the season the players will have 2 trainings every day, the first training will be from 8am, while for other players 08.30am and the second training will be from 18.30pm
 In Friday and Saturday all the players will undergo a full medical test from cardiovascular to physical assessment, similar as last season and then the players get get tailored made training regimes to get them in the best possible physical shape.

Diego Alves official presentation

Diego Alves was officially presented today as new Valencia CF player at sunrise in Gandia at the marina.

A whole range of Valencia CF technical staff were there, including the usual suspects, president Llorente and technical secretary Vazquez.

Diego Alves transferred from Almeria UD to Valencia CF for 3 million euros and now along with Piatti the two best players of Almeria UD are with Valencia CF.

Daniel Parejo Profile

Name: Daniel Parejo Muñoz
Playing position: Attacking midfielder
Previous club: Getafe CF
Number: 21
Birth day: 16 April 1989, (23 years old)
Nationality: Spanish
Height: 1.80m
Weight: 73kg
Contract ends: 30 June, 2016
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Previous clubs:
Real Madrid ‘C’ Spain 2006-2007
Real Madrid Spain 2007-2008
Queens Park Rangers England 2008 (loan)
Real Madrid Spain 2008-2009
Getafe Spain 2009- 2011

2011/12 Statistics
TEAM	Competition	GS	SB	G	A	SH	SG	FC	FS	YC	RC
Spain U21	UEFA U21	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Season Totals		0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

2010/11 Statistics
TEAM	Competition	GS	SB	G	A	SH	SG	FC	FS	YC	RC
Getafe	Europa	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
Getafe	La Liga	28	8	3	4	54	16	28	69	8	0
Season Totals		30	9	3	4	56	16	28	72	8	0

2009/10 Statistics
TEAM	Competition	GS	SB	G	A	SH	SG	FC	FS	YC	RC
Spain	WC U20	4	0	1	0	3	2	7	4	1	0
Getafe	Esp Cup	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Getafe	La Liga	16	12	6	4	34	17	31	19	5	0
Season Totals		25	12	8	4	37	19	38	23	6	0

2008/09 Statistics
TEAM	Competition	GS	SB	G	A	SH	SG	FC	FS	YC	RC
Spain	UEFA U19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Real Madrid	La Liga	0	5	0	0	3	2	2	2	1	0
Queens Park Rangers	CC	4	0	0	1	3	2	4	4	0	0
Queens Park Rangers	LC	10	4	0	1	16	6	8	17	2	0

Glossary

GS: Games Started, SB: Used as Substitute, G: Goals, A: Assists, SH: Shots, SG: Shots on goal, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, SV: Saves, OF: Offsides, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses

The good, the bad and the ugly

The good, the bad and the ugly is a Spanish epic spaghetti valencian drama directed by Valencia CF and starring in no particular order Mata, Ever and Isco. Well you figure out the order, but the point is its a high quality real life drama or better yet one of the classic Spanish series with each episode extending the same old saga over and over again.

In this movie 2.0 of the original the ending is yet to be determined and could potentially infuriate many of the original movie fans, when the good guy won.

So lets look at the script  for this new and improved movie, which has taken some of the modern Spanish soaps and dramas elements and incorporated them for a more enjoyable experience for all.

Juan Mata has been linked with Manchester City, Chelsea, Inter, Juventus, Manchester United, Liverpool and lately Arsenal. He is a world cup winner, U-21 European cup winner and an established first team member of Valencia CF at only 23 years old, so he is hot property right now.

The player himself has said repeatedly that he wants to stay at Valencia CF and I truly believe this is the case, but his father is a different story and wouldn't care if Mata played at Almeria or Leichester City or Turin as long as it involved more money, because he is obviously not the one playing.

So this leaves a small opportunity for Arsenal or even Liverpool to come in with a huge offer, one that will be over 30 millions euros to temp Valencia CF sell, even though the staff would be reluctant to do so. Arsenal certainly has the money with Fabregas and Nasri set to leave and would have no problems bidding 30+ million euros to bring Mata. An offer of 35 million may prove to be good enough for the staff to sell him and the recent signing of Piatti although unlikely, may be a sign of things to come.

I think it would be best for Valencia CF that he stayed and his value if anything is going to grow as he matures as a player and I really think Valencia CF needs to build on younger players and look towards the future.

Ever Banega career path has been strange and colorful. At one point he is the reluctant hero and the next the evil villain. The biggest obstacle in his path has been himself with off field shenanigans that have set back his career often times.

Right now he is enjoying a good period with a good finish at Valencia CF and representing Argentina in all the friendlies and now in the Copa America. When in full form he is an amazing player and coupled with his young age he is a valuable target for clubs all over Europe. The most interest has been shown by Inter, with Sneijder set to leave them and Campbiaso not getting any younger they are searching to strengthen their midfield and Ever is their prime target. Juventus have also shown interest, as well as Tottenham and Roma.

Isco Alocron is the big talent, fan favorite youth player, the rough diamond in the making, there were rumors that Malaga was using Isco as a tool to get Joaquin cheaply, threatening to pay the 6 million release clause in his contract. After the Joaquin saga finished there were reports that Malaga didn't even want Isco, only for the old episode to come as a new episode now and start acting out the same old boring play.

First of all Valencia CF staff need to get Isco back home, sit him and offer him an improved contract, extending his stay with Valencia CF to 2016 and raising his release clause to 60 million euros in order to keep him. I also think he has immediate potential in the first season this coming season.

Official: Pablo Piatti transfers to Valencia CF

Pablo Piatti transfer from Almeria UD to Valencia CF was agreed on July 25th late at night after 3 days of intense negotiations. The player was wanted by few other clubs who offered more money, but the player decided that he wanted to join Valencia CF and the fact that Almeria and Valencia have had such a good relationship in the last 3 years since Emery came here, allowed the deal to come through.

Under the agreement the clubs will play a friendly match in August which will be the presentation match for Almeria.

Pablo Piatti has signed a 5 years deal with Valencia CF and should be revealed in the next days. Valencia is reportedly paying 6 million euros, of which 25% go to Piatti's former club Estudiantes since they owed 25% of the shares of the player.

Pablo Piatti has been probably the best player for Almeria last season and certainly their most valuable player and Emery has adored the player ever since his days in Almeria.

Piatti is originally a left winger, but can also play as a striker or if needed as right winger. I think this move by Valencia CF staff is to hit two birds with one stone and cover the right and left wing with one player. Since its not very likely Mata or Pablo will get injured too much, but will get tired between all the matches and Piatti will have enough playing time between the left and right wing.

For six million euros I agree with this deal and I think it will certainly strengthen Valencia's squad.

Official: David Navarro rescinds contract with Valencia CF

Its official, David Navarro has rescinded his contract with Valencia CF and will join Neuchatel Xamax on a free transfer and technically as a free agent.

David Navarro has been in Valencia CF since his youth days, coming from the youth team to the Mestalla team and then coming to the senior team in year 2002.
David Navarro did not feature much in the first team and was loaned out to Mallorca in 2007 for two seasons, before coming back to Valencia in 2009.

He was used more under Emery, but ultimately he has never been able to achieve a stable starting eleven place and was often criticized by fans about his defensive mistakes and his slowness.

Right now Valencia CF has Adil Rami, Ricardo Costa and Dealbert as central defenders. You can count Maduro as well, but he is originally a midfielder and is not absolutely suited as a center back.

Personally I'm glad Valencia CF is getting rid of some of the fringe players, who haven't really been that good and hopefully we'll strengthen the team with one more center back after the arrival or Rami and have R. Costa and Dealbert in reserve.