Hedwiges Maduro (gone to Valencia)

[PT]

Ok - let's not beat about the hedges.

 

[BoringOldFan]

Signed for Valencia for 2m euros I believe. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[donny1013]

Yeah they have, he is on their official site, another possible target gone

 

[Marty]

shame. Definitely has potential

 

[InOffMeLeftShin]

Signed for Valencia for 2m euros I believe. Can anyone confirm this?

2m euros????

Surely not.

 

[SpurSince57]

Yup. l'Equipe has just put it up.

Hedwiges Maduro, le milieu de terrain international néerlandais de l'Ajax Amsterdam, est arrivé vendredi à Valence, où il devrait signer un contrat avec l'équipe de Ronald Koeman. «J'ai choisi Valence parce que c'est un grand club qui peut jouer un bon football, et parce que je voulais jouer en Espagne, a déclaré le joueur à l'aéroport. Je connais Koeman, avec qui j'ai travaillé à l'Ajax, et c'est un bon coach». Formé à l'Ajax, Maduro, 22 ans, qui arrive en fin de contrat en juin prochain, devrait s'engager pour quatre ans et demi, et un transfert estimé à deux millions d'euros.

A great club that plays good football? Has he watched them lately?

 

[InOffMeLeftShin]

I can't say that I necessarily know if he would be a good signing for us, but the fact that people are still beating down the door (VDV still wants to go) to go to that joke of a club who have no chance of CL football worries me a little.

We get more rejection notices than my last movie script and yet Valencia is beating them off with a stick. That does worry me a little.

To be fair they are still in 7th, they have a great record away from home (2nd best in the entire league) but have been poor by their own standards at home. I wouldn't go anywhere near as far as stating that they are a joke of a club. Their situation off the field in the last few months has been no worse than our own just it has been blown out of proportion because they are higher profile in the current Champions League obsessed european football community.

 

[deselina]

it's not 2 m. euros, it's 3,5 m. but still fairly cheap for someone like maduro. ajax have turned down bids of 10 m. euros in the past from juventus.

 

[InOffMeLeftShin]

it's not 2 m. euros, it's 3,5 m. but still fairly cheap for someone like maduro. ajax have turned down bids of 10 m. euros in the past from juventus.

I guess the fact he had only 6 months left on his contract was the reason for the low price. Whether it is 2 or 3.5 i don't know. Different stories have different prices and it isn't easy to know who to believe. However even at 3.5m euros it seems a very good deal for Valencia.