Eurosport - Tue, 19 May 13:38:00 2009
Wigan winger Antonio Valencia's agent has claimed Real Madrid have made the first move in the bid to sign the Ecuador international.
Manager Steve Bruce has conceded the 23-year-old, who has been attracting interest from bigger clubs for over year now, will leave the JJB Stadium this summer.
However, the Latics have slapped a £20 million price tag on their prize asset.
"I believe Wigan will sell Antonio for the right offer and they will decide that once they receive that," Valencia's agent Diego Herrera told Sky.
"Real Madrid made an offer last week, but nobody from Wigan has told me of an offer from Manchester United.
"There are a number of interested clubs and I will speak with Wigan about it this week.
"Once the season is over I expect offers to be made and I will sit down with Antonio and decide what offer is in his best interests."
Valencia is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury and it seems unlikely he will be fit for the final match of the season at home to Portsmouth on Sunday.
But once the campaign is over Bruce will want to bring in as much as he can for the Ecuador international as soon as possible in order for him to begin adding to his squad.
A striker is a priority and Bruce has been linked with Christian Benitez, Valencia's Ecuador team-mate, although the £7m asking price from Mexican club Santos Laguna may prove prohibitive.
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Check the FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year statistic and we can talk then , check it .... and stop writing LA LIGA THE BEST... I'm not a fan of the EPL , I like la liga as much as I like Ligue 1 and the bundesliga and serie a
u can't compare the leagues , could have grafite and dzeko scored 50 goals in the epl , or eto'o messi and henry 90 or so in the serie a ?
dear friend getachew44 I ment that not only la liga players have won the ballon d'or ;)
and mathias sammer won it in 1996 , please do check the statistics , ronaldo was second then , sammer won because borussia dortmund won the ecc ... I'm not the moron , you are ;)
Who would want to play in a league where racism is acceptable? La liga is @#$% thats a fact.
Dagringo - Its very clear your jelous of the EPL its all you ever post about, go back to watching amature leagues and sleeping with your sheep.
posts 28 and 29..you are foolish which teams in la liga can compare to the EPL? which
is the most widely viewed football league in the world? which is the most popular
league in the world? why do la liga teams keep wanting to steal players from the
EPL? la liga is nota rich league..its spagetti stuff compared to the EPL.
BEL pa zed
posts 28 and 29..you are foolish which teams in la liga can compare to the EPL? which
is the most widely viewed football league in the world? which is the most popular
league in the world? why do la liga teams keep wanting to steal players from the
EPL? la liga is nota rich league..its spagetti stuff compared to the EPL.
BEL pa zed
wb
That dropping down to a lower level theory of yours explains the Englishman's penis as well... they can't get chicks so they have to settle for livestock and then mutants like you are produced...
some freinds say 4 english teams are class but i go further and say only 2 teams man u and livpol with the respect to what u say arsenal and chelsea
can anyone tell me what have this 2 won in europe when they were best english team?
maybe a box of chocolate
plz don't compair them with title holders
honestly i start to hear about chelsea when a guy from russia invaist on them he throw the english dirt and bring some other europe and african players
before the russian guy go to london i was asking is the word chelsea a verb or noun
i told u english fans talk with their @ss and think with their feet
i'm talking about fifa prize one of them try to make himself little cleaver but found more fool than the others
he said stroichkov yes i like him he won golden ball ,then said ronaldo was in inter baby wake up ronaldo he didn't see in inter except nightmare of injuries he won in barca in 96 and 97 then move to inter in 98 then come to madrid in 2002 and win the fifa prize
then this idiot talk about zidan with juve realy moron
i know what juve players achived but i said when he come to madrid in 2001 and later on 2003 too
and imagine now they talk about juve couple of days ago were saying italy donow football
realy uneducated instead blaming me close this web and open something will open ur brain a little
90% of players in La liga are EPL rejects, they can't compete in the big leagues so they have to drop down a level thats why messi has never scored against an English team.
To be honest moving from Wigan to real madrid is a step down. ( No affence to Wigan)
La Liga and Series A are way way below the EPL now. 3 Teams in the semi's the last two seasons and 5 teams in the last 5 finals. Lets be honest Barca are lucky they didn't meat an English team in the 1/4 finals because they would be out allready, as for Real Madrid well they wouldn't even finish in the top half of the table in the EPL they're that poor of a team.
In all seriousness, English fans tell me this.. If EPL is really good then tell me why the other 16 teams can't even compete to win the league? You say you have the best league but the contrast in the top four to the other 16 is amazing. You have teams that their only aim is to get into the UEFA cup next season, despite their big spending power. Does that sound right? I admit, top four is extremely good, but you can't call yourself the best league in the world if the other 16 is full of @#$%. This is despite the fact that teams like Tottenham, Man City, Everton etc. have the spending power of the likes of Barcelona and Valencia.
daveolah, do you seriously believe that lousy madrid will be able to challenge the might of the prem, you can't stick with a manager, you were thrashed 6-2 by barca at home, 4-0 by liverpool away, even 3-0 by Valencia, and you turn world beaters into @#$% players eg Van der Vaart, Huntelaar, Beckham etc. and pepe is now a laughing stock after his red mist.
dobromir_kantev - geatchew didnt talk about where they had that @#$% gold ball, but about where they could go with that @#$% thing... they could go to the footballs richest paradise... La Liga...they left their @#$% places, to come and play in an elit club
DaGruingo, your wish is - i think - quite realistic... those player play nice soccer, their place are in Real
Shanekerins no. 13 I think ur spot on... Valencia won't be of much use at utd, also he's not a class player... I think tevez n ronaldo r definitely leavin... I'm more sure of tevez though!! But considering da worst that both of em Leave, I think we desperately will need Benzema is class n he will be perfect at united... Also we need ribery, that will complete our attack.
For me , Rooney should play opposite ribery as winger n Benzema n berbatov should play as striker... That would make our attack the best in the world!! As for the defence, we need a right back as cover fr o'Shea... As fr midfield, I think we r strong with Anderson, Carrick, fletcher, n scholes n giggs still hv couple of years left in em... As for goalies, after can der SAR v still have kusczack n foster n Ben Amos ....
What say Shanekerins?
WE BELIEVE!!
GLORY UNITED!! RESPECT & SALUTE THE CHAMPIONS!!
Shanekerins no. 13 I think ur spot on... Valencia won't be of much use at utd, also he's not a class player... I think tevez n ronaldo r definitely leavin... I'm more sure of tevez though!! But considering da worst that both of em Leave, I think we desperately will need Benzema is class n he will be perfect at united... Also we need ribery, that will complete our attack.
For me , Rooney should play opposite ribery as winger n Benzema n berbatov should play as striker... That would make our attack the best in the world!! As for the defence, we need a right back as cover fr o'Shea... As fr midfield, I think we r strong with Anderson, Carrick, fletcher, n scholes n giggs still hv couple of years left in em... As for goalies, after can der SAR v still have kusczack n foster n Ben Amos ....
What say Shanekerins?
WE BELIEVE!!
GLORY UNITED!! RESPECT & SALUTE THE CHAMPIONS!!
and alextheodossiadis, these are just your ideas... getachew gave facts, and that counts... your mouth is much bigger than your wisdom, dump.
and c u next year, when you will be ALL ashamed by Real Madrid.
Only Chelsea is the team who can be really loved by others... they play nice football,... not english.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D:D:D:D:D getachew44 what statistics have you looked ???
This is totally wrong ...
ROMARIO 1994 ??? :O HRISTO STOICHKOV WON 1994 you !
Why did you forget to write in the names of the other winners ?
Zidane won with Juventus , Kaka , Nedved ... ??? RONALDO WITH INTER 1997 , not with BARCA !!!
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