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This could be similar to David Bentley, in that a young English player with plenty to prove can't get a look in at a top 4 side, takes the decision to step down a little bit and establish himself. Given the potential fee, we have a lot to gain, and not much to lose.

Nice time machine. Where did you get it from? HAHA.My bad, you want one, they are good?

Villarreal have agreed a deal to sign American starlet Jozy Altidore. We were linked with him a while back, looks a decent prospect.

Sunn Sunny looked very promising in the pre-season games he played. Has not featured too much, the odd appearance here and there, I think Valencia are easing him in, big things are expected of him in the coming seasons. Would probably take a sizable bid to get him, given his potential and age.

He (reportedly!) told the players he was known as 'Mad Dog', which had the players laughing at him immediately, and he stormed out when they all started barking and growling at him, which if you picture the scene was probably pretty funny.

I hope so, really don't rate him.

This. Hence my username. Sadly, I don't think many of the top players will still be there when thee come to town. Canizares has already gone, with Villa, Silva, Joaquin, Albelda, Vicente, Miquel, Marchena and others likely to follow.

Zapater the captain is decent.

Germany, have the big tournament mentality, and key players, like Ballack are bang in form. Would love Spain to win it, but despite having a strong squad, I think they are a little unbalanced in certain areas, and weak defensively.

Spot On. It's refreshing that a player moves for his career ambition and the chance of European football and a better coach, rather than moving to the club that offered him the better salary. Even if it is annoying that it's Spurs he is moving too.

Get rid, no pace, can't beat a man, can't cross a ball, his wages are a drain on the club and he's an oxygen thief, other than that, I have no problem with him.

Rest In Peace.

I think he is a decent coach and would be a good addition to the coaching staff, the only negative for me, didn't he sign Trevor Benjamin? lol

Always liked Tymoschuck, think he is a fantastic defensive midfielder, but not a chance of him or Arshavin arriving here, they play for the wealthiest team in Eastern Europe and have Champions League football.

Easy to see why Valencia are looking to sell Villa/Silva etc. They look seriously in the mire. Aye they have had to cancel there approach for Racing manager cause they cant afford him so they will be selling more than them two The construction of a new stadium added to their already large debt is crippling them.

This.

And so, No Koeman, and a 3-0 victory!

The season has been a disaster for Valencia, the manager at the start of the season Quique Sanchez Flores fell out with the sporting director Amedeo Carboni. They never sorted their differences, and after some avergae displays the supporters were calling for the head of Flores. He left, the ego maniac Koeman arrived and immediately tried to throw his weight about, make his mark and show who was the boss, wielding the axe to Canizares, Albelda and Angulo, 3 long serving and key squad members. That didn't sit well with the rest of the squad, and he started fielding younger players and he attempted to stamp his authority upon the squad, whilst some of the players used, have lots of potential and have bright futures, they were not ready to be thrown in at the deep end. Confidence was shot and the players started playing for themselves, lifting themselves for cup games, and basically playing how they wanted to play in those games. The players believe they work best in a 4-4-2, Koeman preferred 4-3-3/4-5-1 or even some experiments with 3-5-2, which didn't work. Koeman, thankfully, has now gone, and Voro is in charge, the first thing he did was bring back Albelda, canizares and Angulo to train with the first team squad. Key players have spent much of the season out injured also, David Villa suffered a lack of form and service for a key chunk of the season, and will be gone in the summer, and despite his goals, isn't the most popular character in the dressing room. Vicente has had an injury nightmare for the best part of two years, and whilst he was one of the worlds best wingers, major doubts remain as to what sort of level he can return to. Joaquin has obvious quality, but has struggled due to Koeman's rotation of him. Miguel still has much to offer but seems disillusioned and uninterested and maybe needs a move to get going again. The squad has plenty of quality, Albelda, Albiol, Silva, Vicente, Joaquin, Morientes, Villa, Mata, Canizares, Hildebrand, Sunny, and Banega, and they should just avoid the drop, but there could still be a huge clearout in the summer, when, Marcelino is expected to take charge.

R.I.P.

Ivan Campo

I remember after the Juventus game a few years back, cringing when Andy Griffin removed his top to swap shirts at the end, he looked really flabby considering he was/is a pro sportsmen that trains every day.

Dean Ashton looks like he is carrying some timber since he returned from injury.

One big signing like Bentley would be a real statement of intent and open the door for further ambitious signings whilst convincing the likes of Owen that their future lies with us.

Did Dunne sign a new contract? I can see him arriving in the summer, along with SWP. Both proven Premiership performers, and both are probably better than what we have in their positions.

Didn't Valencia spend something like £12m on him? Maybe a bit too expensive for someone like him I think, but then again I haven't seen him on that many occasions. They did pay quite a bit for him, £17m I think! Thats what stopped him joining Portsmouth when he was on loan there, he had some clause in his contract that meant Pompey had to pay £12m if he played a certain amount of games. But he was out of favour at Valencia, Koemen didn't fancy him and let him out on loan. I don't think he would cost anywhere near as much because Valencia are heavily in debt. Although the fact Koemen probably won't be sticking around might change everything. A player i would love to see us sign. Could certainly be the creative playmaking type that we need.