Valencia - Rodrigo de Paul (€6.5 million)
[article=http://en.valenciacf.com/ver/35926/official-valencia-cf-announcement.html]Valencia Club de Fútbol wish to announce to season ticket holders, fans and shareholders that a complete agreement has been made with Racing Club de Avellaneda for the signing of Rodrigo de Paul. The deal is subject to the player’s passing a successful medical over the coming days.
The transfer fee for the Argentinian player has been set by both parties at 6.5 million dollars. The 19 year-old has played 55 games for Racing and has been used as both an attacking midfielder and forward. De Paul is unanimously considered one of the most important talents in Argentinian football.
Valencia CF General Sporting Manager, Francisco Joaquín Pérez 'Rufete', wished to praise the signing on ‘valenciacf.com’: "Rodrigo de Paul is a player who has proved himself in Argentina, captaining his side despite his youth. He has talent and a great maturity to his play. We believe that Rodrigo has everything it takes to be a success at Valencia CF and in European football.”
VCF Manager, Juan Antonio Pizzi, added to ‘valenciacf.com’ that "Rodrigo is the player with the biggest impact to come out of Argentina in the last five years. This is great news for Valencia CF.”
Valencia CF will provide further information about the arrival of Rodrigo de Paul, his medical and the date of his presentation over the coming days.[/article][article=http://en.valenciacf.com/ver/35945/rodrigo-de-paul-%80%9Ci%80m-going-to-valencia-to-add-to-the-team-and-help-fight-for-every-possible-trophy.html]Rodrigo de Paul (Sarandi (Avellaneda-Buenos Aires) / 24th May, 1994) has only words of praise for the club that will be his new home from next season. Speaking to valenciacf.com, the Argentine midfielder said that "I’m coming to a big club came to a big club that always fights for every domestic and European honours going. I know where I’m heading and how much I have to work to be part of one of the best teams in Spain. I can only say that I will do everything possible to repay the confidence placed in me already."
The current captain of Racing de Avellaneda stressed the importance Valencia CF playing legend-turned club ambassador Roberto Fabián Ayala had in his signing. "The first news of any interest from Valencia CF came through Fabián. He told me that he wanted to take me to the club, told me his ideas for the present and future and that I was part of those plans. I felt very proud and that was when I told my agent to stop negotiations with Udinese, who were also interested in me. In addition, the manager is Juan Antonio Pizzi, whom I know well from Argentina and his brilliant spell at San Lorenzo de Almagro. They was league champions under him and that means that he is a very good coach."
Ayala was previously Racing’s sporting director, and brought De Paul into the first team there. "Now that everything is finalised and the clubs have reached an agreement, I’m just thinking about finishing the season in the best way possible here with my current team. Then I will rest up in order to be on top form at the start of the season in Valencia. My goal is to work harder than anyone, so that the manager knows he can count on me. Then I’ll give everything I have."
Valencia CF has always been a club at which Rodrigo’s compatriots have enjoyed success.
"Who doesn’t know about Kempes, Ayala, Claudio López, Aimar, Kily and all the other Argentinians who have worn the shirt at the highest level? They are very important players who have made history and are idols for the fans at Mestalla. I would love to make a space of my own in the fans’ hearts, but before that I need to work hard and do a good job.”
Rodrigo hopes that this new stage of his career in Spain is "beautiful and successful. I will take it with the seriousness that Valencia CF deserve. If we are able to form a good group, then we will also will be able to fight for La Liga and whatever else comes. This year has not been so good for the club, but they were still about to get into a European final. That's why next year we need to double our efforts to reverse this situation and make the fans enjoy the team and our objectives."
From afar he has been told about the fanbase at his new club. "Fabian has already told me that they are very passionate, that they get behind the the players and stick with the club through the good and the bad. In many games their support is key because they become a twelfth man. I realise that this resembles the Racing support, backing the side to the fullest. Hopefully we will be able to make them proud of us they will be encouraging us at every home game."
The young star dislikes describing himself as a player, but in Argentina wonders are spoken of his play. "I'm glad that they speak well of me, but it is not for me to comment. I always try to perform at the highest level, to help my teammates and to be useful to the manager. The most important thing is the group, that Valencia CF are a team and that I try to form part of that group to achieve every success possible."
Finally, Rodrigo de Paul told valenciacf.com that "I'm coming to Valencia to add to the team, with the intention of fighting for trophies. I’m eager to undertake a new challenge in my career and, above all, to do it at as big a club as Valencia CF."[/article]
[article=http://en.valenciacf.com/ver/35926/official-valencia-cf-announcement.html]Valencia Club de Fútbol wish to announce to season ticket holders, fans and shareholders that a complete agreement has been made with Racing Club de Avellaneda for the signing of Rodrigo de Paul. The deal is subject to the player’s passing a successful medical over the coming days.
The transfer fee for the Argentinian player has been set by both parties at 6.5 million dollars. The 19 year-old has played 55 games for Racing and has been used as both an attacking midfielder and forward. De Paul is unanimously considered one of the most important talents in Argentinian football.
Valencia CF General Sporting Manager, Francisco Joaquín Pérez 'Rufete', wished to praise the signing on ‘valenciacf.com’: "Rodrigo de Paul is a player who has proved himself in Argentina, captaining his side despite his youth. He has talent and a great maturity to his play. We believe that Rodrigo has everything it takes to be a success at Valencia CF and in European football.”
VCF Manager, Juan Antonio Pizzi, added to ‘valenciacf.com’ that "Rodrigo is the player with the biggest impact to come out of Argentina in the last five years. This is great news for Valencia CF.”
Valencia CF will provide further information about the arrival of Rodrigo de Paul, his medical and the date of his presentation over the coming days.[/article][article=http://en.valenciacf.com/ver/35945/rodrigo-de-paul-%80%9Ci%80m-going-to-valencia-to-add-to-the-team-and-help-fight-for-every-possible-trophy.html]Rodrigo de Paul (Sarandi (Avellaneda-Buenos Aires) / 24th May, 1994) has only words of praise for the club that will be his new home from next season. Speaking to valenciacf.com, the Argentine midfielder said that "I’m coming to a big club came to a big club that always fights for every domestic and European honours going. I know where I’m heading and how much I have to work to be part of one of the best teams in Spain. I can only say that I will do everything possible to repay the confidence placed in me already."
The current captain of Racing de Avellaneda stressed the importance Valencia CF playing legend-turned club ambassador Roberto Fabián Ayala had in his signing. "The first news of any interest from Valencia CF came through Fabián. He told me that he wanted to take me to the club, told me his ideas for the present and future and that I was part of those plans. I felt very proud and that was when I told my agent to stop negotiations with Udinese, who were also interested in me. In addition, the manager is Juan Antonio Pizzi, whom I know well from Argentina and his brilliant spell at San Lorenzo de Almagro. They was league champions under him and that means that he is a very good coach."
Ayala was previously Racing’s sporting director, and brought De Paul into the first team there. "Now that everything is finalised and the clubs have reached an agreement, I’m just thinking about finishing the season in the best way possible here with my current team. Then I will rest up in order to be on top form at the start of the season in Valencia. My goal is to work harder than anyone, so that the manager knows he can count on me. Then I’ll give everything I have."
Valencia CF has always been a club at which Rodrigo’s compatriots have enjoyed success.
"Who doesn’t know about Kempes, Ayala, Claudio López, Aimar, Kily and all the other Argentinians who have worn the shirt at the highest level? They are very important players who have made history and are idols for the fans at Mestalla. I would love to make a space of my own in the fans’ hearts, but before that I need to work hard and do a good job.”
Rodrigo hopes that this new stage of his career in Spain is "beautiful and successful. I will take it with the seriousness that Valencia CF deserve. If we are able to form a good group, then we will also will be able to fight for La Liga and whatever else comes. This year has not been so good for the club, but they were still about to get into a European final. That's why next year we need to double our efforts to reverse this situation and make the fans enjoy the team and our objectives."
From afar he has been told about the fanbase at his new club. "Fabian has already told me that they are very passionate, that they get behind the the players and stick with the club through the good and the bad. In many games their support is key because they become a twelfth man. I realise that this resembles the Racing support, backing the side to the fullest. Hopefully we will be able to make them proud of us they will be encouraging us at every home game."
The young star dislikes describing himself as a player, but in Argentina wonders are spoken of his play. "I'm glad that they speak well of me, but it is not for me to comment. I always try to perform at the highest level, to help my teammates and to be useful to the manager. The most important thing is the group, that Valencia CF are a team and that I try to form part of that group to achieve every success possible."
Finally, Rodrigo de Paul told valenciacf.com that "I'm coming to Valencia to add to the team, with the intention of fighting for trophies. I’m eager to undertake a new challenge in my career and, above all, to do it at as big a club as Valencia CF."[/article]