Asked about the chances that Valencia left winger and Spanish international David Silva (22) and his team-mate David Villa will continue in Valencia next season, Valencia sports vice president Fernando Gómez said yesterday to journalists after meeting with the agent of Villa that a stay of the players is likely:
"We don't have yet reached a final agreement with them but the club wants that both players stay and it looks like they will. Both are close to a new contract.
To Villa's agent we have said the same as the day before to Silva's agents (read more here). We don't want to see them leave and the talks will go on later."
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It's one thing to wish the players to stay, quite another to realistically be able to afford to keep them. Loyalty only goes as far as a bank routing number these days. Villa and Silva can come out and say all the right things, but at the end of the day they want to get paid - and they also know that if Valencia can't there are no shortage of teams who can and will.
I believe Valencia's best option would be to sell one of the players, probably Villa since they would stand to get more money for him. Yes, I know it sounds a bit ridiculous to sell a striker versus a winger, but Silva's 5yrs. younger and hasn't even yet begun to scratch the surface of his talent - if he's worth this much now imagine how much he will be worth in a couple of years, and he'll still be under 25yrs of age. Villa's stock couldn't be any higher than it is now, so Valencia should sell now, waiting another year and prolonging the inevitable would only reduce Villa's worth. He's already 27 and the clock is ticking. Valencia need to strike while the iron is hot.
The ever-reliable Sport says that we are at an "advanced" stage with a Silva deal.
Not that I trust them. At. All.
^ What's your take on the Silva signing Kevin? I guess at this point I just don't see the point in paying what its going to take to get him, unless you look at the transaction as more of a long-term investment in a young player with considerable potential.
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