La Liga - Valencia decide to keep Villa

Eurosport - Sat, 20 Jun 09:16:00 2009

Valencia have decided not to sell striker David Villa unless they are presented with a "scandalously" big offer, club president Manuel Llorente said.

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The Spanish international's agent, Jose Luis Tamargo, had earlier revealed Valencia's decision, which he said came after talks were held with three leading clubs he did not identify.

"We believe that Villa is the best striker in Europe and we have the good fortune to have him in Valencia so we are going to fight to keep him," Llorente said.

"Today we took the decision to keep Villa and I cannot promise more than that.

"There would have to be a scandalously scandalous offer and then we would think about it."

Villa, who is currently with the Spanish squad at the Confederations Cup in South Africa, has been strongly linked with Real Madrid and media have also reported interest from Barcelona and Chelsea with the player said to be in the 40 to 50 million-euro price-range.

"They (Valencia) have put us through a situation that is, sadly, very unpleasant because this is no good for anyone," Tamargo said.

Villa was the tournament top scorer at Euro 2008 with four goals, but missed Spain's 1-0 final victory over Germany due to injury.

He has since become the nation's second-highest scorer with 30 goals, 14 behind leading marksman Raul on 44.

Reuters

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  1. he not worth that the wee pr.ic.k

    From David W, on Mon 22 Jun 11:04PM

  2. Villa is an asset that no team can afford to lose; he­ is honing ability to cheat without getting caught, and­ will soon be on a par with the likes of Puyol, Ronaldo­ and Drogba. His superb one arm pull down for the goal­ against South Africa, followed by his wonderful­ celebration without even casting a wary eye at the­ officials demonstrates clearly that he has all it taks­ to be a supreb high class cheat, and who knows, may­ well be inducted into cheats hall of fame as soon as­ this coming season. Well done the lad!

    From , on Mon 22 Jun 4:57PM

  3. n how is yr catalan mummy?

    From carlamms, on Mon 22 Jun 2:15AM

  4. getashit44..
    so this raimo k is your new gay partner..­ what happened to the last one - sorry cant remember his­ name..

    i've been away from posting quite a while­ but u already miss me eh.. well if you really wanna ban­ me from posting comments here, at least spell my name­ correctly.. of course i'm not giving you any favour­ thou..

    From carlamms, on Mon 22 Jun 2:10AM

  5. Well said my friend getachew44. these people know­ nothing about football and never will. Just cant wait­ for next season to see kaka, ronalo and ribery play­ together and beat barca to wipe the smile off their­ faces.

    From Raimo K, on Sun 21 Jun 9:25PM

  6. Raimo K well said freind
    ignore those who doesn't­ know anything about football,
    its all about jeoleusy­ and envy whenever we win title or buy player thay say­ franco(things happened before half century)
    they think­ that the legend team of d'stifano kopa puskas and­ jinto are corapted
    all know that madrid is the club of­ century declared by fifa and made by the fans and the­ true god father of real madrid SANTIAGO BERNABEU
    they­ say franco but by the way we have won 3 CL in last 11­ years more than all teams
    barca milan and united won­ twice only
    look we have all the legends of football­ such as d'estiffano, puskas, kopa, jinto, pako,­ potregineo, mijhatovic, hugo sanchez, camacho, mateda,­ zidan, figo, raul, sidorf, zamorano, redondo, carlos­ and cassillas
    if you think those players were run by­ franco, you must be mad
    we won 9 champions league and­ 31 league, do you know why? look at the the stars i­ mensioned.
    Raimo k freind i'll give you a list of­ retarded people
    ignore this people in this list
    big­ kahuna
    varnavas­ p
    damnsolja
    Tim
    la_clamrlas
    Abby
    barca_no_1
    Titus
    all­ this are retarded don't know anything about­ fooball
    small advice plz post your political comments­ in politic sites.

    From getachew44, on Sun 21 Jun 9:16PM

  7. hey getachew, keep buying those stars and we will see­ what happens next year. we are gonna see how your­ "great" perez and pellegrini can handle them.­ atleast u can be happy when u reach the quarters for­ the fist time in 6 years.lol

    From Varnavas P, on Sun 21 Jun 8:12PM

  8. to big kahuna. Real Madrid 9 times Champions league­ winners. Enough said!!!

    From Raimo K, on Sun 21 Jun 7:54PM

  9. what do you think my friend getachew44???

    From Raimo K, on Sun 21 Jun 7:49PM

  10. barca fans really are @#$%. I mean i dont like barca­ but i would never say that Xavi or iniesta are bad­ players. I quess that is why we are the royal club and­ barca are slaves.

    From Raimo K, on Sun 21 Jun 7:48PM

  11. To big kahuna. You really are the biggest donkey in the­ world. I understand that you dont like the real madrid­ players, but to come out with this political stuff­ really makes you look like a donkey. so take your­ politics and join the european parlament and leave­ football to someone who actually knows something about­ it.

    From Raimo K, on Sun 21 Jun 7:44PM

  12. i said 8-0 this coming season
    read comment #80
    no more­ comment

    From getachew44, on Sun 21 Jun 2:58PM

  13. Barçelona 2008-2009 : La Liga champions - The Copa­ champions - Champions League Title winners . Enough­ said ?

    From Tim, on Sun 21 Jun 2:16PM

  14. @ Raimo K :The only reason that Ramos is in the­ Spanish squad is purely political . It would be­ embarrassing if Real Madrid had only ONE player in the­ squad ( Casillas ) . Barça on the other hand have­ between FOUR to FIVE starters . So get your facts­ straight , @#$%-head !!

    From Tim, on Sun 21 Jun 2:12PM

  15. !!!ANTIMADRIDISTA!!!

    From damnsoldja, on Sun 21 Jun 1:56PM

  16. Visca el Barca!!!

    From damnsoldja, on Sun 21 Jun 1:53PM

  17. Madrid, cabron! Saluda al Campeon!!! Madrid, cabron!­ Saluda al Campeon!!! he-he-he!

    From damnsoldja, on Sun 21 Jun 1:52PM

  18. to be honest i dont think real madrid despereatly need­ another striker anyway. We already have ronaldo and­ kaka who are going to score many goals anyway. We need­ a left back now and a centre half.

    From Raimo K, on Sun 21 Jun 8:54AM

  19. Raimo K you are 100% right
    we have end van gaal's­ era with the 3 strikers kluivert rivaldo and figo. we­ have also end rekard's era with 3 top players­ ronaldinho eto and deco
    now we will end guardiola's­ era
    again you are right about villa he lost penalty and­ many clear chances. i hope valencia's presedent­ manuel Llurenti have seen the match, he have to take 45­ mil euro and sell villa, no more.

    From getachew44, on Sun 21 Jun 12:17AM

  20. what about the penalty he missed???

    From Raimo K, on Sat 20 Jun 11:06PM
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