The important economic problems of Valenciatheir lack of qualification for European competitions and the Paterna Academy’s ability to train players are allied to place in the hands of Gennaro Gattuso a very young squad with almost a quarter of them on loan. That will be the Italian wicker until January and the technician seems satisfied. “For me this is the best team in the world,” he said on Saturday.
After the busy closing of the summer market on Thursday, Valencia has a professional squad of 23 players. Among them they already have their own record Mamardashvili, Giorgi which was confirmed again at the beginning of this league as one of the sensations of the league, and Jesus Vazquez. At 21 and 19 years old respectively, their presence lowers the average age by almost 24 years. And that’s not counting players like Cristhian Mosquera (18 years old) who lives in Gattuso’s team.
In fact, only three players (Jaume, Gabriel Paulista and Edinson Cavani) exceeded the 30 years and only four (Mouctar Diakhaby, José Luis Gayà, Dimitri Foulquier and Samu Castillejo) are over 25 years old.
Cavani was with him 35 years to the most veteran of the squad and Gattuso already said on Saturday that in his current state of form it would be reckless to put him in training with a group of ‘kids’ flying in Paterna. That’s why he still doesn’t have a date to join the team.
But if there is a linecallo‘ is that in the middle of the field, where the average falls off the cliff to 20 years old. The veterans are Guillamón and Almedia and they are 22 years old, then there is Nico González, with 20 and Yunus Musah and Ilaix Moriba with 19.
Earlier this Sunday Getafe all five played, especially the three starters (Guillamon, Yunus and Nico) and for worse, Moriba, who paid for his impetus with two yellow cards that came from the bench.
Another great feature of the squad is the high number of loans… and the importance they seem to have on the team. At the moment, the Barcelona player Nico Gonzalez and the ‘colchonero’ Samuel Lino got a certain place in the eleven. It remains to be seen what will happen to Ilaix Moriba, who arrived from Leipzig, Cenk Özkacar from Olympique Lyonnais and Justin Kluivert from Roma. In the case of these last two, Valencia has a purchase option but with the first three it risks burning them down, making them unique and unsustainable. But it is what it is and Gattuso seems worth it.
Source: La Verdad
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