The unknowns that cloud the future of Valencia

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The tears of

were those of all Valencians and not only because they missed the

in the last penalty.

The future of the club looks gray on the field and in the offices.

The final, the possibility of winning a title again, has been a veil this season that nuanced serious problems that will come to the fore again in the coming weeks.

WITHOUT EUROPE

The first is that Valencia is about to chain three consecutive seasons without playing European competition in the last 22 years.

The 21st century began by playing two Champions League finals, which alternated with the Europa League.

The saw teeth of the performance sharpened since the arrival of

, who chained two consecutive fourth places in the League at the hands of

to disappear from continental football in the next three.

The Cup was the way in which the club had poured all its hopes because in the League every attempt to reach European positions has been wasted.

In fact, with five games to go, the difference with

, seventh which would give access to the

, is ten points.

SALES: GUEDES AND SOLER OR GAYÀ?

Without European income, the club has made a drastic adjustment in the cost of its squad, which it has reduced to the maximum using values ​​from the youth academy, low-cost signings and loans.

However, he will arrive in June with the need to find 73 million euros with which to balance the accounts.

That makes it necessary to sell some of its players.

The sights are set on

.

The Portuguese has had a good season and could leave the club in the summer, as well as

, who is very irregular.

But the question is knowing what will happen to José Luis Gayà and

.

The two captains, both international and with options to go to the

, end their contract in June 2023 and, despite the fact that negotiations have begun for their renewal, the positions are far apart.

And it is that, being important the economic offer, the two wanted to wait to glimpse what was the sporting future that they expected, and that clarified in part raising the Cup in the box of La Cartuja.

REINFORCEMENTS AND CREDIT

Not only is the continuity of the captains in doubt about the squad.

Valencia has to decide whether to execute two pending purchase options: that of central defender

and that of

.

In the case of the Paraguayan international, the club had agreed a mandatory purchase option with

for 7.5 million if two conditions were met, that the club qualify for European competition and that it play a minimum of 25 games.

As only the second has already been fulfilled and the first is unlikely, the purchase becomes voluntary until June 15.

In the case of Duro,

put a price of four million euros on him, an amount more within the reach of a minimum Valencia and more given the performance of the 19-year-old striker, a leading player in the Cup, and the possible departure of others attack man like Maxi Gómez.

The economic outlook complicates the balance in the workforce, which can only be tackled once a sale is made and which Bordalás considers essential.

If the technician from Alicante is still at the forefront of the project.

THE CONTINUITY OF BORDALÁS

The coach signed a two-year contract and heads to the final stretch of the first season, having served in the Cup, but with bittersweet feelings in the League, where the objective was to fight more firmly for European places.

Doubts increased in January, when Bordalás stopped demonstrating harmony with the club's management to criticize the management of winter reinforcements and the need to shore up a squad that was not enough to achieve the goal.

An inexperienced defender,

, a midfielder on loan like

who did not respond to the profile he demanded, and the loan of

were the bet of the sports management that, except for the Sevillian, did not convince Bordalás.

The classification for the final and the opening of a shorter path to Europe reduced the tension, but

usually takes note and the coach has also been able to verify the difficulties that another year with minimal spending and a goal that will never cease to be Europe.

Both parties have set a slightly burdensome exit to break the contract that binds them before it ends.

THE SON OF LIM

That Bordalás, a coach who has tuned in with the fans, can leave the club would be one more step in the escalation of criticism towards Meriton's management.

The 'Lim go home' and the 'Peter, go now' resounded in La Cartuja, where the owner did not attend. Instead his son,

, did so , away from the club until now and who recognized the official media of the club hours before the game that they intend to be seen more by Valencia."Although my father cannot, I hope to be here more often in the future to represent him", he assured before recalling that his father gets up "every game at 3 or 4 a.m. Singapore time to see it."

The Lims' priority is to make the club "financially stable", but it is still an open question whether they intend to take over from

and involve Kiat more in management.

All these economic and social conditioning factors were concentrated in the captain's tears.

Because nobody knows where Valencia is going now or how long it will take to play for a title again.

The only certainty is that, wherever and whenever, the fans, the muscle that makes Valencia beat, rough and tumbler and who dreams of not having a roof, will be there.

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