Quote Originally Posted by hopelesslyoptimistic View Post
not sure how you can say Valencia are not a top Spanish club. Rodrigo plays for Spain so can’t see how you can say he is not a top player.

Let’s hope he proves you wrong and rips up the league taking Bielsaball onwards and upwards.

Just saying but all the ex pro pundits think it is a very good signing but heck what do they know either!

Did you enter the world gurning championships this year?
Well, the league positions don't lie, and Valencia haven't won La Liga since 2003/4, and haven't won anything of note in other domestic competitions since Copa del Rey in 2018 and a lot further back for anything else, and haven't won anything in Europe since UEFA Super Cup in 2004.

As for their current situation, "Valencia are in serious financial trouble, and have already sold several key players this summer" (Quote from SportWitness).

So no, they are not a "top Spanish club" by any measure, just as, dare I say it, Leeds United are not a "top English club" YET!

Said in another post responding to Mrs O, I'll smile if Rodrigo proves me wrong (and I'll admit to being wrong too, unlike many on here), I just don't expect that to happen (and Rev, I'm not "dissing" the player, not insulting him or anything like, just expressing an opinion that he has been overvalued by Orta and co, and he isn't the right player for Leeds at this time (if ever) to do what we need).

As for pundits, do their salaries depend on them being right about this player, or that player? No, as long as they make enough noise, keep ducking and diving when it comes to their predictions, then they will still get air time/column inches published.