Ruben Baraja He will be coach of Valencia until June 2026. This was made official by the club on Wednesday in a statement that leaves a month of negotiations between both parties that ended up being saved thanks, in large part, to the Valladolid coach’s willingness to continue with Valencia.
‘Pipo’ Baraja, a legend as a player, never coached any team First division upon his arrival in Valencia in February, but since then he has been able to save, not without suffering, a team that seemed doomed to the Second Division and this season the Valencians dreamed of Europe.
Their biggest request this month is to have a voice when it comes to choose those who come and ask that a young squad not be dismantled where Valencia must release at least one player that will leave twenty million euros in the coffers to balance the accounts for the next financial year.
However, ‘Pipo’s’ excellent goal was only one of the four players currently mainstays of Valladolid’s scheme to feature. Mamardashvili, Mosquera, Pepelu or Hugo Duroone of them, not two.
In any case, during these meetings Baraja also tried to show the need to move towards a different model, one that is not full of young players and inexperienced people, but instead adds footballer with many games on First division.
This is the Macedonian case Dimitrievski was stolen, who has arrived on a free transfer to Valencia and played more than 125 games in the top competition of Spanish football, or it is also the case of the left-footed winger Luis Rioja, the main priority of Rubén Baraja now, who sees it as almost an obligation to strengthen the extremes, which are sometimes the two positions where Valencia suffered the most from not having substitutes.
In the statement which made the renewal official, the club showed the “pride and confidence” around the figure of Baraja “with this strategic decision that represents an important milestone in the continuation of the project and aims to contribute to the growth of sports in the coming years.”
Source: La Verdad
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