Valencia doesn’t see ‘another’ Baraja on the market

Ruben Baraja will retain the trust of the management of the Valencia Football Club for at least another week. The ones here Miguel Corona, Lei Hong and Javier Solisthey give credit to the manager who saved the team in 2023 and almost got them to Europe in 2024, while those there, Peter and Kiat Lim, have shown no signs that they care at all about the club. which they own while at the bottom. . So Ruben Baraja is still at the club his life.

This continues mainly for the reasons explained yesterday in this facility: peso the heavyweights in the locker room are not against himthe payment will be very high (although it remains to be seen whether the coach himself will refuse part of it), and since the aforementioned board does not see Baraja as a big problem for the crisis that the club is going through, which superior to the trainer on duty. But the continuity of technology can be understood not only from himself, but also from the following question: Who could replace you?

The reality that is felt in the Mestalla complex is that it is not currently believed that there is a duet similar to that of Baraja – Marchena it might revitalize the team as it was in 2023, in an equally radical way. If Baraja doesn’t survive even though he’s no longer with Marchena, who will? The Mestalla offices are wondering. It’s true that There are former players, even club legends, as coaches.but the entity doubts that a new effect like the one the duo created in their day has occurred.

It’s true that David Albelda trainingalthough he has a contract with Villarreal’s youth team. Miguel Angel Angulo He is the coach of the reserve team, although he himself has always stated that he is in no hurry and wants to follow natural coaching steps. It would be unnatural for him to eat this “brown” without having already undergone elite level training. Even, Curro Torres just became champion with a double in Estonia, but at the moment these are options that the company is not considering. Never said it better.

And the coach higher profile does this have little or nothing to do with Valencia? The reality is that with very tough war economy that the Mestalla club is alive, finding this profile will not be easy… as it was no longer the case in 2023. Vicente Moreno, who was one of the finalists at the table, He was eventually abandoned because his reward was much higher than Pipo’s.. Almost two years later, the club’s financial situation had become even worse, the only difference being that it would have to be seen to what extent it would have to take on settlement the team will consider firing Baraja, which would take away even more opportunities to hire someone.

And, beyond proper names, the bench, if Baraja was anything to characterize in 2023, was for taking sacred cows and betting on young players. but Paterna is not an unlimited source of resources. He needs time to regenerate. Indeed, there are now players in the Academy who may have a chance in the first team. (Martin Tejon or Warren Madrigal, for example)), but to date no one has “broken down the door” like he did Fran Perez before the rise (he scored 13 goals) or Javi Guerra.

Paterna needs time. Let me give you a few examples: David Otorbythe youngest debutant in the club’s history, still getting used to the matches of the Second Federation. Jaume DuraOne of the most expected gems has just made his reserve team debut and a direct move up could be rushed. Aimar Blazquez, recently renovated, is the same. AND Mario Dominguezwhich, due to age and level, could have its meaning, recovering from a serious knee injury and he also needs time.

Thus, without taking into account that the technical market has a legendary club “agitator”, with a low budget – unless Lim has enlightenment – to sign a possible replacement, and with a quarry that needs time to regenerate, the bet on preserving the idea of ​​​​Ruben Baraja and the team he created makes more sense. At least for another week. Who knows, maybe in a few days it will be about desperate measures and a new legend or a 17-year-old boy will appear in the main lineup as a great hope.