The 'fifth of need' that Javi Gracia sponsors in his Valencia

There is only one situation in which a football team blatantly looks at its quarry and pushes the players to take a leap, in many cases, abysmal: a crisis.

Whether sports, economic or institutional.

In the bonanza, the opportunity costs more, but in the middle of a storm surge is where any help is little.

The storm in

has been tremendous and a battalion of young people in their 20s has emerged, whom

has had no choice but to sponsor.

Without signings, they are his only reinforcements and they have earned minutes in each training session.

(17), Hugo

(20), Uro

(22), Vicente

(21) and Álex Blanco (21) have joined Kang In Lee (19) in a generational change that has lowered the age measure of the team until the age of 24.46 and which

boasts as a smokescreen.

Kang in lee

The veteran of the group, despite his 19 years, is the Korean

.

Valencia caught him at age 11 after winning the talent show

at six

.

The whole family emigrated with him so that he could grow up in the codes of competitive Spanish football.

Technique, vision of the game and impudence are his virtues, once the temperamental reactions that cost him some expulsion are tamed.

Neither with

nor with

he settled in the ownership.

After Rodrigo's departure, he is the only game catalyst that Gracia has in the squad, but so far he appears and disappears from the Navarrese's onces.

His strong personality has generated misgivings in the wardrobe, compounded by the undisguised weakness that the property has for him, as a result of his commercial profitability in Asia.

For Meriton, he is the perfect heir to number 10, but he will have to face a tough renewal: his contract ends in 2022.

Yunus Musah

Dazzling has been the appearance of

.

At 17 years and 345 days it belongs to the 2002 vintage, that of

,

,

or

.

His goal against Getafe after traveling half the Mestalla at 33.4 km / hour turned his gaze to this young midfielder born in New York but of Ghanaian origin.

This season only

managed to overcome his top speed with a race against Bayern in the Champions League final.

Yunus arrived in Paterna in August 2019 for almost free.

Only their training fees were paid.

The then head of sports management,

, had him on his list of values ​​since he worked for Juventus and did not miss the opportunity to put him under the command of Marcelino, with whom he was one more in the first team training sessions.

He had been trained at Giorgione Calcio since he was six years old and at 10 Arsenal signed him.

He offered his family a transfer to the English capital and a personalized education.

His growth made him a fixture in the lower ranks of the England team, from U-15 to U-18.

After his explosion at Valencia, the United States knocks on his door.

The coach

, who is assisted by former Valencian coach

, has invited him to play two friendlies against Wales and Panama, and Yunus has said yes.

You still have time to choose whether to wear the England or the USA jersey.

Meanwhile, Gracia has found in him a perfect interior to cover the right wing, with attack and defense capacity glued to the lime and seek to associate through the center.

Mature, powerful and fast, he is the first Englishman to play for Valencia and has played 528 minutes in the league, which makes him the fifth man most used by Gracia behind

,

,

and

.

His precocity has led him to overtake

Torres in the list of Valencian players who have played seven games in the First Division without being 18 years old.

The icing on the cake against Getafe also made him the youngest scorer in the 21st century.

Meriton will have to review his contract, which ends in 2022.

Hugo Guillamón

Who is already tied is Hugo Guillamón.

The 20-year-old central is a 100% Paterna product.

Captain in all the lower teams, he also has a fixed place in the starting eleven of the Spanish Under-21 Team, with which he has been proclaimed European Under 17 and Under 19 champion.

injury

and the decision not to incorporate another center-back opened the doors to the team with

, with whom he became a starter on the return from the post-lockdown competition although he did not achieve regularity.

Now Gracia is forced to give it to him because of Diakhaby's injury and

decline

.

Guillamón will be

Paulista's partner

against

tonight

.

His 1.82 height completes him with confidence in his game, intelligence and good ball delivery.

Racic and Esquerdo

Two other young talents compete for the same position: Uro Racic and Vicente Esquerdo.

The Valencian made his debut for Valencia in November 2019, but made a surprising start at the start of this campaign.

Without much success in the first games, he has returned to the bench.

The Serbian is another Longoria bet, who bought him for two million from the

in 2018. A classic Balkan midfielder with good ball control, there are those who see similarities with

, from United.

In Tenerife and the Portuguese Famalicao they have seen his qualities.

In Mestalla it can emerge with the goodbye of

that is why they have just extended their contract.

Alex White

Javi Gracia has lined up this youth squad son of the former footballer ahead of Guedes, in a message to the Portuguese that has not caught on.

An international left-hander under 17 and under 19, he grew up in Paterna but emigrated to La Masía to try his luck at Barça Juvenil.

Upon his return he played for Valencia Mestalla before spending the last season and a half on loan at Alavés and Real Zaragoza.

Gracia wanted to see him in preseason before deciding on his future, but the absence of reinforcements has opened a gap in the squad.

His contract ends in June, although Valencia can extend a year unilaterally.

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