Valencia already has Eray Cömert training in Paterna and Ilaix Moriba on the way from Barcelona. But this does not mean that the arrivals chapter is closed. Valencia keeps the way open to sign another midfielder, we must not forget that one of the premises and intentions for the transfer of Wass to Atlético de Madrid was a 2×1, and in turn expedites the options to incorporate an offensive player who provides imbalance to the team from the sidelines. And there the first on the list and the one chosen today is Bryan Gil.
AS reported last Saturday that the Mestalla club had the Cadiz player in its roadstead, one of the names that he already put on the table in the summer Jose Bordalás. Valencia has maintained contacts with Tottenham in recent days and the operation is on track in terms of the will of the parties. In other words, Valencia wants Bryan Gil, the winger welcomes the option of landing at Mestalla and Tottenham agrees to let him out on loan. Now, a decision to make and a negotiation to resolve.
Tottenham asks for an exit of 1.5 million for the transfer of Bryan Gil until the end of the season, plus the proportional part of the player’s salary. The English club would be open to negotiating this amount, although paying for the transfer is a sine quanon condition. And that is where Valencia has to decide. And today better than tomorrow.
The club of Mestalla It did not have in its initial market parameters to make any disbursement in January and less for a transfer. In fact Peter Lim is reluctant out of habit to pay for a transfer. But the signing of Bryan Gil has some added values that means that his option remains very present in the black and white plans, who on Wednesday, without going any further, held talks with Tottenham for the player.
Tottenham knows that Valencia is the priority destination for Bryan Gil. The Cadiz also loves, among others, the Royal Society, although, due to the black and white circumstances and because it is an express request from Bordalás, Bryan knows that he will find in Mestalla the only thing he does not have in London: minutes. The player has hardly been participating regularly since his arrival at Tottenham, neither with Nuno nor with Antonio Conte, although he already left aware that it would be a year of transition and training. But the call from Valencia makes him see the immediate future in a different way, because there are a World Cup 12 months away and he sees himself with options to fight for a place on Luis Enrique’s list if he plays regularly.
Bryan Gil knows that it is Bordalás’ request and that he will have the only thing missing in London in Valencia: minutes
Valencia, for its part, while being reluctant to pay for a player on loan and even more so without Tottenham having the will to include any purchase option in the operation, knows that a footballer with the characteristics of Bryan Gil would help the team to fight harder for European goals and to go as far as possible in the Copa del Rey, being in addition to a signing of consensus. Even his arrival would serve as a stimulus for the black and white fans.