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FERNANDO ALVAREZ
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He Valencia had the assignment of Ivan Fresneda practically worded until he got a unexpected competitor. He like italianwho trains Cesc Fabregashas also been interested in the right side of the Sporting of Portugal which had been a priority objective for the black and white club for weeks. Even so, in the entity of Mestalla remain relatively confident in which the player will end up choosing Valencia, which has been working on the operation for weeks. But in Italyaccording to market expert journalists such as Gianluca DiMarziohe As has taken the lead in trying to close the loan operation.
He Valencia He started to get impatient a few days ago because he had been with the operation ready to sign because the Madrid player was the priority objective of the club after the serious injury of Thierry Rendall at the end of October. It was in November when the club’s local executives received the approval from Singapore to reinforce the right back position, taken in consensus with the previous coach, Ruben Baraja. Afterwards, it was communicated to Carlos Corberan which also gave the green light to reinforcement.
However, the various coaching changes at the Portuguese club -Ruben Amorim (signed by United), Joao Pereira (fired for poor results and Rui Borges (current) – have been delaying the final decision with the footballer of the Valladolid quarry. In fact, with the new coach, Fresneda has participated in the last two league games –not as a starter- when he had been left out of the squad in the previous seven games.
However, after the last match against Vitoria de Guimaraes (4-4) when he came out in the final minutes with hardly any impact on the game, Fresneda was already clear that he was not going to have many opportunities not even with the team’s third coach of the season. Of course, before that game, the current coach, Rui Borges, He was playing with the situation of Fresneda, who has not acted even because of the sanction of the owner. Ricardo Esgaioand instead the central defender did it Eduardo Quaresma: “They are players with different characteristics. Regardless of the fact that Quaresma is a central defender with a natural position, perhaps he has many qualities to be a great full-back. I am satisfied with both. Ivan [Fresneda] He came in very well when he had to replace Quaresma [en el derbi ante el Benfica]and Quaresma had a very competent game, very strong in the defensive duels. Iván has also been working a lotho; “He has different attributes, he gives us other things, but I am very happy with both,” said the coach.
He Valencia had some fear about the delay that was suffering from the closure of the Fresneda operation and for that reason looked at other alternativesas the sports director explained Miguel Corona after the presentation of Sadiq. “We cannot and should not talk about names. We are working in the market. Just because it is a priority market objective does not mean that if we have had the opportunity to sign a striker we will not do it. We have talked about thatneed and we are working on it in the market”.
