Operation Rioja is going through its times

Valencia want Luis Rioja and Luis Rioja agrees to spend the next three seasons at Mestalla. This stage of the negotiations has been decided. But the most difficult thing is yet to be finalized, namely the agreement between Valencia and Alaves on his transfer, in which the footballer also participates, because it is he, his entourage, who must first indicate the figure for his departure from Alaves, and then it must determine the method of payment of this sum between the clubs. And neither one nor the other is clear, because Alaves dreams of earning around two million euros andl Valencia does not have the ability to invest more than one and a half million plus the salary the player will receive as a Valencia player.

Alaves sporting director Sergio Fernandez confirmed at the presentation of Asier Villalibre as the new Babazorro player that “There are no negotiations regarding Luis Rioja, although it is difficult to explain,” adding that “nobody has approached us”. “Luis (Rioja) told us he wanted to go to a specific club, which was never heard from again”– he concludes.

In Valencia, transfer operations take a long time due to the way they are carried out and the financial context, and Rioja were not going to be an exception. It is enough to remember how long it took Sergi Canos to realize his dream of arriving at the Mestalla. and we were talking about the Nules midfielder coming for around 250,000 euros. It is true that then Valencia closed the operations of Cenk and Pepelu for five million euros. and that now two reinforcements have arrived without financial compensation to their clubs (Dimitrievsky terminated his contract with Rayo and Rafa Mir went on loan), although Canos had to wait for several weeks of ups and downs in his performance and Rioja is already waiting for several people to come under Baraja’s orders.

Radio Valencia Cadena SER reported last Monday afternoon that Alaves had sent Rioja an ultimatum demanding his departure. Luis Garcia expects to be strengthened after his departure and therefore it is very important to know whether Valencia will accept these conditions or not. It should be remembered that since January, when he was close to leaving for Betis and finally his wish did not come true, Rioja agreed with Alaves on the conditions of his departure in the summer market. And these are the conditions that, according to the State Service of Economic Affairs, will change in the coming days if the operation is not completed. But in Mestalla, in turn, they believe that this is a question that must be resolved between Rioja and Alaves.

Valencia, which awaits Samu Castillejo’s departure to determine the economic conditions in which its termination is carried out, today he has the personnel cost margin that he released with Erey Kömert loaned to Real Valladolidthe club that takes on the token, as well as the amortization of the Swiss central defender’s signing (around 1.5 million). The signing of Rioja, it says it all, This is one of Ruben Baraja’s direct requests.which wants to strengthen its gangs, and the Andalusian was chosen, hence the decision not to exercise the purchase option, which was carried out for 50% of Peter Federico. Baraja hopes to have him under his command within the next two weeks.a will that he shares with Luis García, but in reverse. He wants to find a replacement for Luis Rioja as soon as possible.

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