Sunday, July 1, 2012

Official: Mehmet Topal transfers to Fererbahce

Fenerbahce confirmed on their official website the transfer of Mehmet Topal from Valencia CF to Fenerbahce.

The reported transfer fee is 4.5 million euros, which is at least half million less what Valencia CF demanded and I believe full 1.5 million less of what I wrote Mehmet Topal was worth.

The midfielder nicknamed the 'Spider' has signed a 4 year contract with the Istanbul giants. Topal will receive €2 million per season and a €10,000 bonus per appearance.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Official: Jordi Alba transfers to Barcelona

Its official, Valencia CF reached an agreement with FC Barcelona for the transfer of Jordi Alba and as of today Jordi Alba is a Barcelona player.

This comes after weeks of negotations and a lot of back and forward as for the transfer fee and finally Valencia CF agreed on a 14 million transfer fee for Jordi Alba.

Valencia CF will now start searching a possible replacement for Alba and Didac Villa is the prime target.


Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Official: Aduriz to Bilbao, Michel to Levante and more

Aritz Aduriz has transfered into the ranks of Atletico Bilbao after a two year spell with Valencia CF. Arutiz Aduriz transfer fee is 2.5 million euros.

In related news Michel Herrero signed for Valencia CF neighbour club Levante for no transfer fee, but Valencia CF has a biy-back clause in the first two years.

Kevin Gameiro is said to have reached a personal agreement with Valencia CF as he is aware PSG won't require his services next season, as they are looking for a top level striker and are looking at Zlatan Ibrahimoovic, Falcao and few other top names.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Roberto Soldado extends contract with Valencia CF

Its official, Roberto Soldado has extended his contract with Valencia CF to 2017 and his boyout clause has also been extended to about 40 million euros.

The new contract has increased salary for Roberto Soldado, although much is said to be in bonuses and this guarantees Soldado is not going anywhere unless Valencia CF want to sell him.

This contract extension comes after Roberto Soldado said he is feeling happy at Valencia CF and wants to stay and Manuel Llorente said he'd like to see Soldado retire at Valencia CF.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Mehmet Topal still Valencia CF player

Mehmet Topal has been linked with a transfer to Fenerbahce and Turkish media in the past few days reported how its a done deal and how Topal is already a Fenerbahce player. Well Mehmet Topal demanded all the rumors and said that he is on vacation and has no intention of making a decision while on vacation and only after his vacation is over will he speak to the Valencia CF staff and decide about his future.

If Valencia CF can't get Bruno Soriano its likely that it will keep Mehmet Topal, although the biggest problem right now is Bruno's price tag which is at least 10 million euros.

Ultimately we'll see how things go and nothing is certain at this point, this could go either way.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Villarreal president to listen to offers for Bruno Soriano

Villarreal president Fernando Roig went public that he will listen to offers for Villarreal defensive midfielder Bruno Soriano and will decide whether to accept or reject them.

Previously he was adamant that he will not listen to offers and didn't plan to sell Bruno, but he seems to have changed his opinion now.

He said that so far there is only one offer for Bruno Soriano from Malaga and he rejected it because it was too low.

Valencia CF is keen to bring Bruno Soriano to its ranks, but only if it sells Mehmet Topal who's been a long target for Fenerbahce who've they already reached an agreement with over his contract.

Valencia CF interested in Kevin Gameiro again

French media are reporting that Kevin Gameiro has started contract negotiations with Valencia CF and could be on his way to sign a 3 years deal. They report the biggest obstacle is the salary, he gets 3.5 million in PSG and in Valencia CF its said receive about 1.6 million euros, which would put him in the high middle of earners.

Kevin Gameiro scandalously rejected Valencia CF last year in the last moment and signed for PSG his boyhood favorite club, but it instantly turned out to be a huge mistake as he wasn't getting too much playing time at first and when he started getting it he wasn't scoring goals. He managed to score only 14 goals in all competitions and PSG had a better striker in Nene who scored 21 goals in the French division alone. PSG have also signed Napoli striker Ezequiel Lavezzi and are looking for another big name to add to their list, which would mean there is no room for Kevin Gameiro.

PSG bought Gameiro for 11 million euros last year, but they are now full of money and challenging Manchester City for the top spot so they are said to be willing to sell Kevin Gamiero to Valencia CF for 6 million euros.

Question is even if Kevin Gameiro transfers to Valencia CF how will the fans react and will they accept him after last season's scandalous reject by him?