The absence of signings in Valencia has opened the door of ownership to young people raised in Paterna or recruited from other clubs just before its explosion. Tonight they will be tested against Real Madrid without Casemiro and Hazard, positive for Covid
Yunus Musah and Guillamn, exponents of the Valencian quarry.
There is only one situation in which a football team blatantly looks at its quarry and pushes the players to take a leap, in many cases abysmal: a crisis. Whether sports, economic or institutional. In the bonanza, the opportunity costs more, but in the middle of a storm surge is where any help is little.
The storm in the Valencia It has been tremendous and a battalion of young people who are around 20 years old has emerged Javi grace has had no choice but to sponsor. Without signings, they are his only reinforcements and they have earned minutes in each training session. Yunus Musah (17), Hugo Guillamn (20), Uro Racic (22), Vicente Left (21) and Lex Blanco (21) have joined Kang In Lee (19) in a generational change that has lowered the team’s age measure to 24.46 years and of which Peter Lim it presumes as a smokescreen.
Kang In Lee
The veteran of the group, despite his 19 years, is the Korean Kang In Lee. Valencia caught him at age 11 after winning the talent show at six Shoot Dori. The whole family emigrated with him so that he could grow up in the codes of competitive Spanish soccer. Technique, vision of the game and impudence are his virtues, once the temperamental reactions that cost him some expulsion are tamed. Nor with Marcelino nor with Celades settled on ownership. After Rodrigo’s departure, he is the only game catalyst that Gracia has in the squad, but so far he appears and disappears from the Navarrese’s eleven.
His strong personality has generated misgivings in the wardrobe, compounded by the undisguised weakness that the property has for him, the result of his commercial profitability in Asia. For Meriton, he is the perfect heir to number 10, but he will have to face a tough renewal: his contract ends in 2022.
Yunus Musah
The appearance of Yunus Musah. At 17 years and 345 days old, he belongs to the year 2002, that of the Ansu fati, Pedri, Vinicius O Camavinga. His goal against Getafe after traveling half the Mestalla at 33.4 km / hour turned his gaze to this young midfielder born in New York but of Ghanaian origin. This season only Mbapp He managed to overcome his top speed with a run against Bayern in the Champions League final.
Yunus arrived in Paterna in August 2019 almost for free. Only your training fees were paid. The then head of the sports management, Pablo Longoria, He had him on his list of values since he worked for Juventus and he did not miss the opportunity to put him under the command of Marcelino, with whom he was one more in the first team training sessions.
He had been trained at Giorgione Calcio since he was six and at 10 Arsenal signed him. He offered his family a transfer to the English capital and a personalized education. His growth made him a fixture in the lower categories of the England team, from U-15 to U-18. After his explosion at Valencia, the United States knocks on his door.
The selector Gregg Berhalter, whose assistant is the former Valencian technician Nico Estevez, has invited him to play two friendlies against Wales and Panama, and Yunus has said yes. You still have time to choose whether to wear the England jersey or the USA jersey.
Meanwhile, Gracia has found in him a perfect interior to cover the right wing, with the ability to attack and defend close to the lime and seek to associate through the center. Mature, powerful and fast, he is the first Englishman to play for Valencia and has played 528 minutes in the league, which makes him the fifth man most used by Gracia behind Jaume, Gay, Maxi Y Diakhaby.
His precocity has led him to overtake Ferran Torres on the list of Valencians who have played seven games in the First Division without being 18 years old. The icing on the cake against Getafe also made him the youngest scorer of the 21st century. Meriton will have to review his contract, which ends in 2022.
Hugo Guillamn
The one who is already tied up is Hugo Guillamn. The 20-year-old central is a 100% Paternal product. Captain in all the lower teams, he also has a fixed place in the starting eleven of the Spanish Under-21 National Team, with which he has been proclaimed European Under 17 and Under 19 champions.
La lesin de Garay and the decision not to incorporate another central opened the team doors with Celades, with whom he became a starter on the return from the post-confinement competition although he did not achieve regularity. Now Grace is forced to give it to him by Diakhaby’s injury and Mangala.
Guillam will be tonight before him Real Madrid Paulista’s partner. His 1.82 in height completes him with confidence in his game, intelligence and good ball output.
Racic and Esquerdo
Two other young talents compete for the same position: Uro Racic and Vicente Esquerdo. The Valencian made his debut with Valencia in November 2019, but appeared in the starting position in a surprising way at the beginning of this campaign. Without much success in the first games, he has returned to the bench.
The Serbian is another Longoria bet, who bought him for two million at Red Star in 2018. Classic Balkan midfield with good control of the ball, some see similarities with Matic, from United. In Tenerife and the Portuguese Famalicao they have seen his qualities. In Mestalla it can emerge with the goodbye of Kondogbia that’s why they just extended their contract.
lex White
Javi Gracia has aligned this youth squad son of the former footballer ahead of Guedes, in a message to the Portuguese that has not caught on. An international left-hander under 17 and under 19, he grew up in Paterna but emigrated to La Masa to try his luck at Bara Juvenil. On his return he played for Valencia Mestalla before spending the last season and a half on loan at Alavs and Real Zaragoza. Gracia wanted to see him in preseason before deciding his future, but the absence of reinforcements has opened a gap in the squad. His contract ends in June, although Valencia can extend one year unilaterally.
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