The Valencia Sensation With A $106 Million Release Clause
The post The Valencia Sensation With A $106 Million Release Clause appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Guerra won the under-23 player of the month for LaLiga in September. Getty Images A year ago, few outside of Valencia had heard of Javi Guerra. The only man known by that name in footballing circles is the former striker who made two appearances for the club in 2007 as part of a journeyman career. Only the real experts would have highlighted a promising young talent who was making his way through the club’s youth ranks. In 2023, having celebrated his 20th birthday in May of this year, he looks set to make himself one of the first names on the team sheet in the midfield of a Valencia team who have surprised many with their start to the 2023/24 campaign. Guerra made his debut in the tail end of last season, in a 2-0 home defeat to Sevilla, but has rapidly risen through the ranks since. He started the final six games of the team’s season as they avoided relegation, and was duly rewarded with a promotion to the first team and was even handed the club’s number eight jersey for the new campaign. It was the shirt iconically worn by his coach, Rubén Baraja, for eight years as a player. A journey 15 years in the making What has stood out from Guerra’s impact on the first team has been his contribution in front of goal. While he registered only one goal in 26 games for the club’s B team, Valencia Mestalla, he has already recorded four in 19 in LaLiga. His first was remarkable. It was a 20-yard effort after beating three men to score a 93rd minute winner against Valladolid, edging the team to safety, showing a confidence belying his then teenage years. Even since then, he hasn’t stopped still, scoring against Sevilla, Atlético Madrid and…
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Guerra won the under-23 player of the month for LaLiga in September. Getty Images A year ago, few outside of Valencia had heard of Javi Guerra. The only man known by that name in footballing circles is the former striker who made two appearances for the club in 2007 as part of a journeyman career. Only the real experts would have highlighted a promising young talent who was making his way through the club’s youth ranks. In 2023, having celebrated his 20th birthday in May of this year, he looks set to make himself one of the first names on the team sheet in the midfield of a Valencia team who have surprised many with their start to the 2023/24 campaign. Guerra made his debut in the tail end of last season, in a 2-0 home defeat to Sevilla, but has rapidly risen through the ranks since. He started the final six games of the team’s season as they avoided relegation, and was duly rewarded with a promotion to the first team and was even handed the club’s number eight jersey for the new campaign. It was the shirt iconically worn by his coach, Rubén Baraja, for eight years as a player. A journey 15 years in the making What has stood out from Guerra’s impact on the first team has been his contribution in front of goal. While he registered only one goal in 26 games for the club’s B team, Valencia Mestalla, he has already recorded four in 19 in LaLiga. His first was remarkable. It was a 20-yard effort after beating three men to score a 93rd minute winner against Valladolid, edging the team to safety, showing a confidence belying his then teenage years. Even since then, he hasn’t stopped still, scoring against Sevilla, Atlético Madrid and…
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