Valencia CF should raid Swansea AFC for players

I have been following Swansea AFC from the Premier League and have seen few of their matches, they play very good and have one of the best defenses right now in the Premier League. What is so great about Swansea is that this is their first year in the Premier League, after coming from the lower ranks and they have been doing amazing, in large thanks to a rock solid defense.

So I feel like Valencia CF should really look at some of Swansea players, especially from the defense like Williams and Rangel. Most of these players are likely to come cheap as well, since they are still considered second tier players, but this could change come the summer and Valencia CF would be wise to react now and try to snatch some of their players.

If Ricardo Costa and Dealbert are to leave in the summer, then certainly snapping one or two of Swansea's defenders would be great.

Valencia CF gets AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League

Valencia CF got AZ Alkmaar in the draw as the opponents in the quarter final of the Europa League.

The first match is going to be played on 29th March in Holland, and 7 days later the second leg rematch in Valencia CF.

Teams quarter finals:

AZ-Valencia

Schalke-Ath.Bilbao
Sporting-Metalist
Atl.Madrid-Hanover

Teams semi finals:

Atletico/Hanover-Valencia/AZ
Sporting/Metalist-Schalke/Bilbao 

 

 

Negotations with Ajax over Van der Wiel fail

As I informed you earlier Valencia wanted to reach a deal over Van der Wiel fast as time was going out and Valencia CF want to sign a right back before the summer comes and prices start to sky rocket.
After the arrival of Valencia CF in Holland the management team met with Ajax management to continue the negotiations over the transfer of Gregory van der Wiel. Valencia CF technical secretary Braulio Vazquez attempted to reach an agreement, but the two sides failed to come to an agreement.

Ajax wants about 10 million euros for Gregory van der Wiel and Valencia CF max offer is 8 millions euros. While the negotiations are not completely dead, Valencia CF will now focus on other targets and second in line is Lille's Mathieu Debychu, although this is going to be very difficult as well as reports have it that Bayern Munich, PSG and Inter Milan are interested in the player.

PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Valencia CF - Player Ratings

Diego 6.5 (MotM) - Did not have too much work, but reacted superbly two times to save the goal.
Bruno 5.5 - Had a good performance overall, but was at fault for PSV goal.
Rami 6.5 - Good defensive display with no major mistakes, also scored the goal for Valencia.
Dealbert 6 - Good performance, did well to stop most threats with Rami.
Alba 6.5 - Great performance by Alba, great defensively and had one good forward run that tested PSV keeper. More quiet in the second half though.
Albelda 5 - Decent performance by the captain, but you can really tell he is running on half gas. Did well defensively, but did not get involved in passes and avoided them as much as possible.
Tino Costa 4.5 (FotM) - Another weak performance with lots of mistakes and inaccurate passes. Failed to control the midfield also.
Feghuoli 5.5 - Willing runner and did cover a lot of ground, but wasn't a threat in attack at all.
Jonas 5 - Few nice touches here and there, but nothing worthwhile.
Mathieu 5.5 - Same as Feghuoli with a more defensive role in the second half. He dealt decently with attacks coming from the left side.
Aduriz 5 - He had one header and that was about it. Didn't have too much service and couldn't create anything for himself either.
Subs:
Topal 5.5 - Late substitution over Albelda and did well enough for Valencia to close out the match.
Piatti N/A - Not enough time
Parejo N/A - Not enough time

Manuel Llorente talks directly to Lass Bangoura

Valencia CF president Manuel Llorente has met with Rayo Vallecano player Lass Bangoura and asked the played if he'd like to join Valencia CF. This move was made because of reports that Atletico Madrid has reached an agreement with the player to transfer to their team, so Llorente wanted to know if the player would like to join Valencia CF.

Alhassane “Lass” Bangoura (born on 30 March 1992 in Conakry) is a Guinean footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano in La Liga, as a forward or a left wing.

He is obviosly a reinforcement for the left wing, as this season the lack of options there has been really exposed and Emery has been forced into using Mathieu as a makeshift left wing.

Demand Manuel Llorente speak with players as well

Hey all. We need to demand for Valencia CF president to talk with the players as well. He's had few meetings with Unai Emery, but I think the players need to be engaged as well.

We can't blame Unai Emery for every bad result and while I do think he should leave in the summer(I've been a huge supporter of him until recently) we need to get the results this season like finishing 3rd and going to the Europa League quarter final and at least semi final.

They can't be shielded from responsibility, because its the players who are ultimately playing.

I'm not going to allow Jeremy Mathieu to play like a dead corpse now for more than a month, playing without any kind of motivation or conviction.
Adil Rami has been playing terribly for at least a month as well and Tino Costa has been the worst player in the past two months and hasn't really been prime example in training or private life either with conflicts with the coach because he didn't train hard enough few times and now the latest re-tweeting a tweet and calling for the dismissal of Emery and Llorente.

We need the right kind of attitude and we need it right now and Manuel Llorente needs to have a talk with the players as well and we also need Albelda the captain and oldest players of the club to come out and demand the team improve!

I'm calling on everyone to mail, call, email and those who can meet with the team officials and demand Llorente speaks with the players and demand accountability from the players as well.

prensa@valenciacf.es (English and Spanish)

Tel: 0034 902 01 19 19
Fax: 0034 96 337 50 93

Valencia CF 2-2 RCD Mallorca - Player ratings

Guaita 5.5 - Had one intervention and that was about it. Couldn't do anything about the goals.
Barragan 5.5 - Again started amazingly with constant attacks and good defending, but like against PSV allowed Nsue for the first goal and was also out of position to block the cross for the second one.
Rami 5.5 - Was not troubled and had little to deal with, complicated stuff when he lost the ball in dangerous positions twice.
Dealbert 6 - Wasn't troubled and had a decent performance.
Alba 5.5 - Not particularly troubled in defense and failed to do much offensively.
Tino 6 - Started well with good movement and passing, scored a goal, but then went missing in the second half until he got himself sent off for a needless foul.
Parejo 6 - Nice and accurate passing, buzzed from left to center, but as Tino went missing in the second half.
Feghuoli 5.5 - Some decent runs and crosses, but Barragan did most of the attacking and Feghuoli was more of a support.
Jonas 6 - Quite active in the first half with good movement and few shots, but failed to score from good positions and fizzled out as the game progressed.
Aduriz 6.5 (MotM) - Quite effective and dangerous in attack, scored an easy goal, but at least he found himself in the right spot for it, strange that he was replaced over Soldado.
Soldado 6 - Did well enough and had few opportunities, but failed to score.
Subs:
Mathieu 3.5 (FotM) - Came on and allowed Victor to score. I mean that was pretty bad and is directly responsible for the loss today
Piatti N/A - Not enough time
Topal N/A - Not enough time