Eray Cömert is already in Valencia. The Swiss center-back landed in Valencia at noon “wanting to get to work soon”. Cömert, once he passes a medical review, will sign for four seasons and thus becomes the reinforcement in the defense that Bordalás has been demanding so much and looking for the club since last summer.
“I’m happy to be here, I hope to learn Spanish soon and be able to train as soon as possible”, were his first words at the Manises airport. The Swiss central acknowledged that in recent days he has spoken with Omar Alderete, who was his teammate at Basel: “Of course I have spoken with him recently, he has recommended me to come, I hope to play at his side again soon”.
The che incorporate a central that is international with Switzerland (7 games) and that he was summoned to the European Championship although he did not play a minute. The operation has been closed for less than one million euros since the central contract ended in 2022.
Valencia sees in the defender a Market opportunity. The club had him on the radar from his irruption in the 2019/2020 season in which she was a dance partner for Omar Alderete at the Basilea. He was 21 years old and his performances in the Europa League put him on the map.
Comert, upon arrival in Manises.
David Gonzalez
Eray Cömert is a club signing, Hence, in his case, several premises that the entity had set in the January market have been skipped, such as that whoever arrived would do so on loan and at zero cost. Cömert arrives for four years and paying a transfer, but it was now, when Basel had made it clear to the central defender that since he did not renew, he would not play with them anymore, or in summer they might not be able to match other cheap offers of clubs that are not looking for a central defender now but that in the summer they would become interested in a free player.
At 23 years old, Cömert lands in Valencia after a season in which He has only played nine league games. His absence has been mainly due to his refusal to renew with Basel, since last season he did play 30 league games. The Swiss shared a dressing room with Omar Alderete in that Basel that faced Bordalás’ Getafe in the 2020 Europa League, games that, of course, have given a lot of themselves.
Eray Cömert, obviously, is not a name that José Bordalás has put on the table of Valencia nor does it meet the requirement requested by the coach of a player with experience in the Spanish League. Bordalás has not refused his arrival either, he knows him from that tie, and the club has prioritized its projection as an investment. Cömert has been an operation that Valencia has carried out in parallel to other offers that have come to him and that he has studied, cases of Mingueza or Unai Núñez, in case a third club crossed Cömert’s path. But the agreement with Basel was closed for several days and the player is “happy” to join Valencia.
