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Here we go again: Valencia CF are in trouble.
After Cesar Tarrega put the ball into his own net in the 58th minute, Valencia needed a late, late arrival from Hugo Duro to draw against Sevilla on Sunday afternoon. A 1-1 draw doesn’t suit either side; Sevilla, at 12, is five points removed from the hot spot. Valencia, Sat 15th, have the most points as games played, and are only three points above Girona on 18.
For a club with the greatest history of football in Spain, it is always surprising to see Valencia in the lower reaches of La Liga, continuing to fall in love with a reduction that will be among the most traumatic in the history of the league.
But the current bottom three – Girona, Lavante and Oviedo – may not be worth relegating themselves to at the current level, giving los Che a chance to bounce back. And a closer look at the new Mestalla reveals Valencia’s chance to leave this troubled decade of football behind for good.
Nou Mestalla finally got the lead At the beginning of the year, after the 16-year-old Haterus was temporarily suspended, serious financial problems were created for Valencia. It is ready to open in 2027, after the next season, and brings down the curtain on more than 100 years of football at the Estadi de Mestalla – The land where it lives to be sold for € 85m, part of the package of 322m that will get the long stadium project over the line.
For 16 years, the 1004-kilogram concrete computer bowl from the 102-year-old Mestalla remains untouched while ownership returns to the bet, and Valencia returned to the champions League under the ‘leadership’ of Peter Lim. Yes, in particular, people from Lim’s Uniling circle were recruited, such as Marcelino Garcia Toral and Mate Alemany, both of whom left the club in 2019.
The undisturbed nou mestalla added another layer of eerie in valencia to the story of turmoil following the end of Heleel Llorente, where the debts of the stars of the team are widely known. Los Che have finished in the relegation zone five times in the last 10 seasons; This year you can do it six times in 11.
Postcards from mestalla
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– valencia CF (@Valenciacf_en) December 8, 2025
Valencia have hired 11 permanent managers in 11 years, and it’s been 13 years since they secured the top end. Considering they have never spent more than €8.5m on a player in ten years, one could argue that staying in La Liga by spending it all is pretty impressive.
This one Valencia is a good side that feels good, and honestly they are not bad even defensively even after selling the Cristhian mosquera and the yareksi; Heavy losses to Barcelona (6-0) and Real Madrid (4-0) set those metrics. But this typifies the low expectations we have created for Valencia, a side that is fifth in the all-time points table of laliga.
And as we continue to look hard at Valencia without a real sports project – who knows if Carlos Corberan will see the season? – New platform development with “more advanced technology“It becomes very important for the future of the club.
The opening of Nou Mestalla’s 2027 could put you in the running for a match of 2030 World Cupwhich will be held jointly in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. The plan is for the stadium to hold about 70,000 spectators, which will make it as big as the metropolitano. Obviously, it can make the club more attractive to investors, one of whom can buy the club from lim and end his conflict, be respectful, rule as owner.
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@jose_gaya comes in fourth place @Laligaen visibility with vcf
– valencia CF (@Valenciacf_en) December 8, 2025
Captain Jose Luis Gaya lives in everything. On Sunday, Gaia did hers 324 appearances for Valencia in Laligafourth – the most in the history of the club; He is the second Valencia player to reach 350 total games for the club. The next morning, he has to pass the famous santi canizares and enter the top five in the sight of all time.
Gayà grew up an hour away from where the mestelalla has been standing since 1923. He has been interested over the years, but he has remained faithful to Los Murcielagos – but always expired after the following season, when the nou mestalla is scheduled to open its doors for the first time.
Gaya raised the COPA del Rey in his career, a trade he willingly accepted in order to remain loyal to the club during these loyal years. It would be a shame if he doesn’t lead the team out of the new Mestalla in August 2027, when this sleeping giant of Spanish football can start to show the first signs of awakening from this long abandoned.
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