Guido Rodríguez, former Real Betis player, arrived in Valencia last night to become a new Valencia CF player, for now, until the end of this season after terminating his contract with West Ham, a relationship that ended on June 30. To your … Upon arrival at the Manises airport, the Argentine pivot briefly spoke to the media and, as it could not be otherwise, his teammates asked him about the possibility of making his debut with the Valencian shirt against Betis in the matchday 22 of the league.
«I saw the calendar, obviously. It is going to be something very special for me, so we will face it in the best way,” he said about the fact of being able to play his first game with the Ché team’s jersey, even if it is in La Cartuja and not in the Benito Villamarín that acclaimed him so much.
The World Champion pivot also commented on his arrival at Valencia that “I come to add, I’m looking forward to getting to know the group and my teammates. Valencia needs no introduction: it is a very big club that has achieved many things. “We come to work,” he stated bluntly.
Guido left Betis at the end of the 23-24 season, when his contract with the green and white team ended. It was an abrupt departure, given that the club negotiated for many months with him and his representatives, and both the player and his agents delayed the continuous proposals to improve the relationship, something that a sector of the Green and White fans did not like, because he was a starter and an important pillar for Pellegrini and also very loved by the Beticos, in addition to having his place in the Argentine team assured.
He has only belonged to West Ham for a season and a half, in which he has only played 32 official matches between the Premier, the English Cup and the League Cup. In his first campaign, 24-25, he did have more participation, mainly in the Premier, first with Julen Lopetegui on the bench. But after the arrival of Graham Potter he lost prominence. So much has been the case that in the first round of the current 25-26 campaign he has only played 8 games, 6 in the Premier, between Potter and Nuno Espírito Santo.
