Dominguez claims Valencia ready to swoop

Rubin Kazan forward Alejandro Dominguez claims he is on the verge of completing a move to Primera Division outfit Valencia.

The Argentinian was the stand-out performer in the Russian side's eye-catching effort in this season's Champions League, when they took four points off Barcelona and also drew with Inter Milan before ultimately being forced to settle for third place in Group F.

But they will have to take on the Europa League without Dominguez, who had long planned to leave when his contract expires later this month.

"My move to Valencia is almost complete. I have pushed to complete it now because I want to play football in Spain and dream of having [David] Villa and [David] Silva as team-mates," he told superdeporte.es.

"It is true that Rubin offered to extend my contract for another season and that is a gesture that I valued greatly, they have always been great to me.''

The 28-year-old, who scored spectacular goals against Dynamo Kiev and Inter in his side's opening two Champions League games, is reported to have turned down moves to Roma and Juventus in favour of his preferred destination in Spain.

Super Deporte claim his three-and-a-half-year deal will be worth 1.5 million euros per season, with a signing-on fee of 2 million euros.
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Good deal for Valencia on this one. If he delivers right away they have a replacement for Silva who they can then sell on for big money.

Dominguez > Arshavin

Atletico were also keen on him supposedly.

Super Higuain wrote:Good deal for Valencia on this one. If he delivers right away they have a replacement for Silva who they can then sell on for big money.

Unfortunately. Over on Futbolitis they say he's a second striker/attacking midfielder who also play on the left for Zenit.

This is kinda off topic but does anyone know if construction is going again on the Nou Mestalla?

They're supposed to restart early next year.

I suspect Valencia are lining up Dominguez as a replacement for Villa, who will surely be leaving by next summer.

Dominguez could replace Silva and other attacking midfielders. Not Villa.

bluenine wrote:I suspect Valencia are lining up Dominguez as a replacement for Villa, who will surely be leaving by next summer.

Why? Valencia have sorted out their finances (for the moment) and are in a really good position to qualify for the CL. Where would he go? A big club like Liverpool?

Wouldnt you swap Valencia for Liverpool?

Anyway this deal will mean de Guzman wont go to Valencia afterall.

Fey wrote:Wouldnt you swap Valencia for Liverpool?

Anyway this deal will mean de Guzman wont go to Valencia afterall.

No! I mean the weather alone is enough reason to stay...

Santi Claus wrote:

bluenine wrote:I suspect Valencia are lining up Dominguez as a replacement for Villa, who will surely be leaving by next summer.

Why? Valencia have sorted out their finances (for the moment) and are in a really good position to qualify for the CL. Where would he go? A big club like Liverpool?

But they haven't really fixed their economic players though, have they?
At the momemt though he doesn't have a club to join except Chelsea who have the money but are going for Aguero. Except for them I can't see what other clubs that have the money plus the stature(so no City).

For the moment they're sorted.

They're 510 million in debt but are due to receive 350 from the sale old Mestalla plot and the sale of the Mestalla tower blocks (?). They've also raised 92 million in capital. Couple that with CL money, increased revenue from the stadium and sponsorship rights and they should be fine.

Olé wrote:For the moment they're sorted.

They're 510 million in debt but are due to receive 350 from the sale old Mestalla plot and the sale of the Mestalla tower blocks (?). They've also raised 92 million in capital. Couple that with CL money, increased revenue from the stadium and sponsorship rights and they should be fine.

But is that 350M really coming though? I belive this was the point people were raising that they couldn't find anybody to buy the land. Has that been confirmed?

The MD's drawn up a feasibility plan for the club that would run up to the 2014-15 season. This would include reducing the teams budget from 106 million to 80. The sale of the Mestalla forms part of that but if it doesn't go through he said they'd be looking at other sources of income.

The club seems pretty confident about this plan and the nay-saying articles seem to have disappeared completely in the last couple of months.

El 'Chori' Domínguez pasa reconocimiento médico en Valencia

El jugador argentino Alejandro "Chori" Domínguez, de 28 años, pasó este lunes reconocimiento médico como trámite previo a su fichaje por el Valencia. Tras la revisión médica, el jugador, cuya presentación está prevista para las próximas horas, afirmó que se encontraba muy satisfecho ante la posibilidad de cerrar lo antes posible su contratación por el club de Mestalla.

El delantero argentino acaba contrato el próximo día 31 con el Rubin Kazan ruso, con el que ha disputado la actual edición de la Liga de Campeones, por lo que no podrá tomar parte con el Valencia en la Liga Europa en el caso en el que el equipo valenciano logre clasificarse el jueves para la siguiente fase del torneo. Domínguez ha sido declarado recientemente mejor jugador de la liga rusa con su actual club. Con anterioridad jugó en Rusia en el Zenit de San Petersburgo, mientras que en su país ha militado en el Quilmes y el River Plate.



http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gen/20091214/53844636990/noticia/el-chori-dominguez-pasa-reconocimiento-medico-en-valencia.html

If he's the replacement for Villa, then Valencia are fucked. If he's the replacement for Silva, then it's decent business. If he's there for squad depth, then it's a pretty damn good business for Valencia, given he's a freebie (so to speak)