Samu Castillejo will go to court

What starts bad, ends bad. The stage of Samu Castillejo has ended in Valencia and he did it in the worst possible way, because the club decided to fire the player, and not terminate him, as was discussed. The footballer agreed in the last few hours to collect seventy percent of the 2.5 million total euros he had left to collect from the club, but Valencia finally decided to fire the player, who could sign for any team. . now that he no longer belongs to the Mestalla club and will go to court to claim his record, as revealed by ‘Relevo’.

The player arrived in Valencia at the request of the Italian Gennaro Gattuso two summers ago, in July 2022, with the letter of independence from Milan, which allows the footballer to continue with a high salary, one of the highest in the first team of club.

After a good first part of the season, the player started to drop in his level, like the rest of the squad, and the departure of Gattuso and the arrival of Rubén Baraja caused him to disappear from the eleven completely, where the Valladolid native began. prioritizing work and perseverance over quality, as Valencia threatens its permanence.

Also, Castillejo and Carlos Marchena clashed in front of several first team players, causing Baraja to no longer rely on the Andalusian winger.

For this reason, Valencia loaned him with a purchase option to the Italian Sassuolo, where, however, he did not return to his best level either, as he appeared on the field only five times as a starter and ended the season with eleven six games played. and not a single goal in the Italian team, which ended up relegated to Serie B.

So, Valencia tried to release him but seeing that there were no offers for the player, they preferred to fire him and thus delay the payment rather than negotiate his end of the contract.