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July
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[FONT="]Recently retired football player Dean Neeson has been named manager of Valencia replacing Unai Emery 14 months after he took charge, Spanish media cite it possibly Neeson the former right back who gained 62 caps for England gained his badges in Holland and is said to be thought very highly within the walls of the Mestalla. On being asked about his appointment he said:[/FONT]
[FONT="]“Obviously I’m delighted, it’s a big opportunity, and obviously a big challenge as well, but the club has a great feel about the place with a big history, great youth system, and some very talented lads here. We haven’t won the league in 5 years and we’re gonna try to build a team ready to regain the title.”
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[FONT="]Transfer Ins and Outs.
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[FONT="]Jose Maria Cacees – Free[/FONT]
[FONT="]Miku (Racing) - Loan 200k[/FONT]
[FONT="]Jose Luis Minano (Castellon) – 450k[/FONT]
[FONT="]Jordi Alba (Levante) – Loan 500k[/FONT]
[FONT="]Lillo (Rayo) – Loan 100k[/FONT]
[FONT="]Nacho Gonzalez (Getafe) – 1.6M[/FONT]
[FONT="]Salva - Free[/FONT]
[FONT="]Miguel Angel Riau – Free[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thoughts: “I felt that all the players I let go had no futures at the club and that it was gonna benefit us and them in the short term and the long term. However Lillo and Jordi (Alba) I believe have great futures so their loan moves are purely for their experience and exposure to first team football.
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[FONT="]Squad[/FONT]
[FONT="]On Squad: “I feel we have a strong, skilful team, some really talented lads but there is a lot of change needed gradually over a period of time. The aim for the year is to try and consolidate a top four place.[/FONT]
[FONT="](Not doing match report on friendly’s lol)
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[FONT="]August[/FONT]
[FONT="]Europa League Qual 4 Leg 1 – Rapid Wien HOME[/FONT]
[FONT="]Result[/FONT]
[FONT="]Valencia CF
3 (Villa 15, Zigic 47, 65) Rapid Wien 1[/FONT]
[FONT="] Thoughts: “We lost a goal early but we gained control soon after and moved the ball really well, we pounded the ball in their box. They couldn’t cope with Nikola in the air.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]Europa League Qual 4 Leg 2 – Rapid Wien AWAY[/FONT]
[FONT="]Result[/FONT]
[FONT="]Rapid Wien 1 Valencia CF
1 (Navarro 41)[/FONT]
[FONT="] Thoughts: “We came with a few players back in Spain and we handled the situation very well we controlled the midfield and retained possession, we didn’t create enough but we played as well as we needed to.”[/FONT]
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[FONT="]La Liga: Fixture Week 1 – Espanyol HOME[/FONT]
[FONT="]Result [/FONT]
[FONT="]Valencia CF
3 Espanyol 1 (Zigic 11, Villa 22, Marchena 45 +1)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thoughts: “We played well and showed glimpses of what I feel we can achieve here but we were poor in our passing at times and gave the ball away a bit sloppily but all in all the players looked good and we’ll move on.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]September[/FONT]
[FONT="]La Liga: Fixture Week 2 Malaga–HOME[/FONT]
[FONT="]Result[/FONT]
[FONT="]Valencia CF
2 (David Silva 27, Zigic 60) Malaga 1[/FONT]
[FONT="]Notes: Alexis sent off (28)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thoughts: “We started ok got a few passes together and once we went ahead we took the foot off the pedal and went down to 10, the kept coming at us but we managed to contain them enough in the last 20 minutes.”`[/FONT]
[FONT="]Europa League Group H Fixture 1 Anderlecht AWAY[/FONT]
[FONT="]Result[/FONT]
[FONT="]Anderlecht 2 Valencia
4 (Zigic 9, 76, Villa pen 67, Alexis 87)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thoughts: “We scored early switched off and let them back in immediately, they controlled the half we were awful in our passing and tackling, but second half we came out with more urgency they went ahead again but we came back to down them.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]La Liga: Fixture Week 3 – Sporting AWAY[/FONT]
[FONT="]Result[/FONT]
[FONT="] Sporting 3 Valencia
2 (Villa pen 57, pen 72)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thoughts: “I don’t really know what to say we down a goal early and we were really poor but second half we came out and pushed them back, really got at them, we got two goals to turn it aroud and they come back with two goals in the last 10 minutes. Sickening.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]La Liga: Fixture Week 4 – Valladolid HOME[/FONT]
[FONT="]Result[/FONT]
[FONT="]Valencia CF
3 (Villa 16, 28, Buonanotte 78) Valladolid 1 [/FONT]
[FONT="]Thoughts: “We bounced back from the defeat superbly we bossed the midfield, and they couldn’t cope with our pace they were so stretched and we made them pay, I’m really delighted with the reaction.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]La Liga: Fixture Week 5 – Zaragoza AWAY[/FONT]
[FONT="]Result[/FONT]
[FONT="]Zaragoza 1 Valencia
1 (Zigic 41)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thoughts : “Both teams played really well it was end to end stuff, it could have gone either way really but we’ll take a point and move on from here. We just need to get some momentum behind us and I feel we can be a real threat.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]Rounding off the AUGUST/SEPTEMBER[/FONT]
[FONT="] NEWS[/FONT]
[FONT="]Marca believe Valencia have targeted Ivorian striker Seydou Doumbia, the Ivorian has made one appearance for the national team but appears to have a bright future. A bid of 2.7M may be necessary. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Deportivo have had a transfer embargo placed due to the club’s spiralling debt (Sky Sports News)[/FONT]