Apologies for the lack of updates on my part! I just finished up a successful baseball season and have been extremely lazy.

Raúl Albiol
On June 25th, Raúl Albiol was signed to Real Madrid for 15 million euros for the next five seasons.

Source: AS

Bruno Saltor
On June 30th, VCF reached an agreement with Almeria fullback Bruno Saltor for the next three seasons.

Source: VCF

Miguel Ángel Moyà
Real Mallorca goalkeeper Miguel Ángel Moyà signed for Valencia this Wednesday. He has already passed the medical and will be presented as a VCF player tomorrow, July 2nd. His contract is for the next four seasons.

Source: VCF 1, 2, 3


( Photos of his arrival to Valencia, signing and medical exam )


Preseason Schedule
July 22nd Den Haag – Valencia CF (Den Haag)

July 25th Borussia Dortmund – Valencia CF / Valencia CF – Udinese (Westfalen Stadium, Dortmund)

July 28th Werder Bremen – Valencia CF (Meppen)

August 1st Cardiff City – Valencia CF. (Cardiff)

August 5th Manchester United – Valencia CF (Old Trafford)

August 8th Valencia CF – Arsenal in Trofeo Naranja. (Estadio Mestalla)

August 11th Valencia CF – Al Ain of Abu Dhabi (match location TBD)

August 14-15th Trofeo Carranza (Tournament with Sevilla, Cádiz y Deportivo)
Sevilla FC – Valencia CF (August 14th)

Source: VCF

New Kit
The new kit is set to launch tomorrow. Here's a photo from Superdeporte.


Source: Superdeporte

Valencia will participate in the Trofeo Ramón de Carranza preseason competition

The other teams participating in it are Sevilla, Deportivo de La Coruña and Cádiz. The competition will start August 15th.

Source: Superdeporte


TRANSFER NEWS/RUMOURS:


Miguel
According to the Daily Mirror, Aston Villa is interested in signing Miguel for 5.8 million euros. Tottenham is also interested in the player.

Source: Superdeporte

Raul Albiol
Real Madrid wants him and his agent has spoken to both clubs. Real Madrid has valued him to be worth 15 million euros.

Source: AS

Guaita & Jordi Alba
- Guaita will be on loan to Liga Adelante (aka Segunda Division) side Real Murcia next season without an option for them to purchase him
- Valencia is looking to loan Jordi Alba to a team in Primera Division

Source: Superdeporte

Granero or Emana
We're interested in both midfielders. Real Betis want 15 million euros for Emana, while Getafe want 8 million euros for Granero. Getafe would like Michel, but we're only willing to send Michel out on loan to get playing time in Primera. They are also interestd in Montoro, who spent the last season on loan at Real Murcia.

Source: Superdeporte

*Don't forget to watch our boys on the Spanish national team take on the US in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday! :)

Bruno will sign for three seasons

The right back will have his medical on Wednesday and will sign on Thursday. He played at Almeria last season, but we've had to negotiate with Real Betis. After they got relegated, their deal with Bruno fell through, but we have to negotiate some things with them since Bruno had given them their word. Last week, we agreed a fee of €1.5 million with Real Betis and this week we negotiated the details with the player.

Source: Superdeporte


Miguel Ángel Moyà

We're very close to signing Mallorca's goalkeeper Moyà. The fee has been agreed at €5 million. Apparently we've set a plan with them where we'd pay them the €5 million over the course of 3 years. Things are still at the negotiation state with the club so the details have not been discussed with the player. However, the deal is close to being finalized.

Source: Superdeporte

Another twist in the story...

David Villa is not for sale, Valencia declare in dramatic turnaround
Sid Lowe
Friday, June 19, 2009
The Guardian

( scandalously scandalous )

VCF have signed French left back Jérémy Mathieu from Toulouse FC for the next 3 seasons.

Article here.

Also, six Valencia players are currently with the Spanish National Team in the Confederations Cup. On Sunday, Spain beat New Zealand 5-0. Villa, Albiol and Silva all played. Villa scored in the 48th minute. Silva came into the match in the 69th minute.

Match report here.

The next match is Wednesday, June 17th vs. Iraq.

Finally, naturally, there's tons of transfer rumors floating around. There are almost too many to report on, especially concerning David Villa. We will keep you updated with confirmed transfer news.

As you may know, PABLO HERNANDEZ has been called up in place of the injured Andres Iniesta. Congratulations Pablo! He joins fellow Valencia teammates Albiol, Marchena, Silva, Mata and Villa on the National Team.

Here's a short video from AS with Pablo, some of the other Spanish players and a bit of training (includes Silva, whose recuperation is going well :D)


Also, Vicente Soriano has stepped down as President of the club, which leaves us with more uncertainty and questions than hope and answers. As usual, they are mostly centered around the club's financial state and possible transfers of Villa, Silva, as well as others. We'll just have to wait until September 1st to see what happens. We also need people willing to solve our own economic crisis, instead of making it worse. One step at a time though...

English Report (The Guardian)

Sources: AS, The Guardian

Sorry about the lack of updates. It's exam time so that's been my life right now.

So the season's over and we ended up 6th and qualified for a Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup) spot for next season. We could have done better, but we'll have to settle for that. The end of the season also means infinite rumours about players leaving and players we're interested in. We'll just have to hold our breaths and hope we don't end up with the short end of the stick.

Some international competitions are scheduled to take place soon, so here are the Valencia players that have been called up.

Spain NT - for friendly vs. Azerbaijan (June 9) and Confederations Cup (June 14 - 28)
Raúl Albiol, Carlos Marchena, David Silva, Juan Mata and David Villa.

For the full squad click HERE


U20 Spain NT - for the Mediterranean Games/Cup (June 25 - July 5)
Manuel Castellano Castro “Lillo” (on loan to Real Murcia), Aarón Ñíguez (on loan to Glasgow Rangers) and Jordi Alba (on loan to Gimnastic Tarragona)

For the full squad click HERE


*Futbol Draft was on Monday (June 1), which was attended by Juan Mata, Jordi Alba and Aarón Ñíguez, so I'll post the photos for that a little later.

In the meantime, enjoy this photo of Carleto, Renan, Edu and Vicente (I think) Morientes (thanks _unashamed!) at the 2nd to last training on Tuesday :)




Sources: RFEF, Superdeporte

IT'S OVER - THANK YOU VALENCIA!

Welcome!
This is my huge spam about season 08/09 with Valencia club de Fútbol, VCF, the Bats, Los Che or whatever you wanna call it!
This spam includes videos, a lot of pics, many hot jugadores, goal-celebrations, manpiles, music, quotes, nudity, porn... Everything you could ever ask from a football team (or a spam)!

But why am I making this under the title "It's over"? Well, I know one thing that is over for sure: this season. Next season we're not having the same players, the same kit, the same goals... Many things will change.
But I know another thing too, which is not over and will never be over: 
my love for Valencia Club de Fútbol.

This has been a wonderful season. Not the best for the players and the old fans, but the best season for me, because this was my first year including football and fangirling.
We'll all have many memories from this season and the most important thing is, that we love Valencia!
Amunt!

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It's over - the huge spam of the season!
- Who is 'Los Che'? > Introducing the team
- Come on and play! > Best matches this season
- We are such fucking nerds > Quotes matching Valencia
- The Pirates of Spain! > Video-spam
- Huge picspam: matches, trainings, players


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Enjoy my girls! :)

01-05 - Open your eyes
06-20 - Penelope Cruz
21-27 - Feliciano Lopez
28-36 - Mics. Valencia CF
37-40 - Mics. Real Madrid CF



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Agüero's sly provocations leave Valencia fuming as Atlético close in on the Champions League
Atlético Madrid deserved their win against Valencia, even if their goal came following Sergio Agüero's blatant dive

by Sid Lowe
Monday, May 18, 2009

( Click for article )

Match report to follow in 24 hours. In the meantime, enjoy some fresh air outside and not think about the Atleti match. It will be good.

Call Ups For Sunday Match vs. Atlético Madrid

Goalkeepers: César and Renan

Defenders: Miguel, Curro Torres, Alexis, Albiol, Maduro, Carleto and Del Horno.

Midfielders: Albelda, Edu, Joaquín, Baraja, Míchel, Mata, Pablo and Angulo.

Strikers: Morientes and Villa.

The match will be at 3 PM EST (8 PM GMT) in Madrid. It's a REALLY important match. Atleti is only 1 point behind us and this would be a great opportunity to get closer to sealing the Champions League spot.

( Photos of team traveling to Madrid + autograph session with Albiol & Pablo )