What does Valencia Club de Fútbol need for Europe?
Valencia Club de Fútbol needs at least four signings to start the season in Europe. It's not a capricious number or a request from Carlos Corberán. It's the count that comes out when you look at the squad and detect its holes: a backup goalkeeper, a right-back, a winger and a second striker. Four pieces. Four operations that must arrive before the market closes.
Why is it important?
The goal is marked. Europe. It has been said publicly by the club and also privately. Carlos Corberán needs a prepared squad to fight for that goal and, right now, there are positions in which he is too exposed. The four essential positions are the right-back, the backup goalkeeper, the winger and the second striker.
What comes next?
The market forces you to be careful. But it doesn't eliminate the needs. Valencia Club de Fútbol doesn't have room to throw money around. Peter Lim has put the club back in the rebates mode and the sports management has to look for opportunities, loans, free players and operations that allow them to square the Fair Play and that, in addition, are competitive for what Carlos Corberán needs and to reach Europe.
What options does Valencia Club de Fútbol have?
The club has to look for loans, free players, last-minute opportunities and low-cost operations. The market of rebates will be its terrain. The market of rebates will be its own. But the rebates cannot serve as an excuse. If Europe is the goal, Corberán needs the four pieces. A signing every week. Four operations before the curtain falls and, with little money to offer, the market becomes complicated.
What player can cover the hole in the right-back position?
The clock is ticking and Corberán needs a right-back. Also, the goal has to be closed. Dimitrievski is the only goalkeeper of the first team and a second goalkeeper is needed who gives guarantees and competition to, in addition, be able to free Vicent Abril. Then, two operations more up: a winger and a second striker. The injury of Diego López and the departure of Ramazani have reduced the alternatives in the band. And the departure of Lucas Beltrán leaves a hole in the attack that Dani Raba has helped to cover during the preseason, but the Asturian has the cross of departure over his back. There are voices that claim a new opportunity for him, but the desires of the sports management and the technical area is that two players arrive for the bands. The reality is that he will have to settle for one.
What player can cover the hole in the winger position?
The injury of Diego López and the departure of Ramazani have reduced the alternatives in the band. And the departure of Lucas Beltrán leaves a hole in the attack that Dani Raba has helped to cover during the preseason, but the Asturian has the cross of departure over his back. There are voices that claim a new opportunity for him, but the desires of the sports management and the technical area is that two players arrive for the bands. The reality is that he will have to settle for one.
