Valencia: LaLiga Forward Transfer Target | Winter Market

Last year, the Valencia He signed a second stretch of the season to frame it. It was, in part, due to the contribution of Umar Sadiqalthough the team decided not to exercise the option to purchase 9.5 million of euros he had on the Real Sociedad forward in the summer. Even so, the Nigerian remains Carlos Corberán’s favorite option to reinforce his forward line, which is why Valencia is already moving to welcome him back on loan in the winter market.

According to Sports Tribuneemissaries from the team that have contacted Umar Sadiq’s entourage to inform them that they will try to sign him for the second part of the season. However, in addition to Valencia; he Girona and the Betis would be willing to offer accommodation to the attacker 28 years. Real Sociedad, for its part, despite the fact that Umar Sadiq has only played 152 minutes in the League, will try to release him as a transfer.

Why didn’t Valencia sign Umar Sadiq in the summer?

In September, Ron Gourlay, Valencia’s general director of football, assured that the club presented a “buena” offer to buy Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq, but stated that the Royal Society he rejected her.

“There has been no problem with Sadiq. We were prepared for a loan and even a transfer, but in the end it did not happen and we activated other market options that we had prepared. There has been no agreement between the three parties”he explained.

In that sense, Ron Gourlay said that “These are things that happen in football”. “From the beginning, Real Sociedad wanted a transfer and we wanted a loan, but then we presented a purchase offer that was definitively rejected. We are not angry with Real Sociedad because we understand that these things sometimes happen”, he noted.