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‘I understand how tough it’s to play for Valencia – the youth gamers are key’

In 1995, Alan Hansen, when showing on Match of the Day, uttered the now iconic phrase: “You can’t win anything with kids.”

In a means, over time, Hansen has been proved right – it is a mixture of expertise that may drive golf equipment in direction of success. However, that hasn’t stopped golf equipment with a excessive proportion of kids from attaining the unthinkable.

Not all golf equipment have the monetary energy of Manchester City or PSG – and plenty of should depend on their homegrown expertise to succeed. One such membership is Valencia, who had 9 gamers on the sector from their youth academy over the weekend.

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One of these gamers, Valencia stalwart and membership captain Jose Gaya defined how key the youth academy is to the membership: “When I was a kid, I dreamed of playing for the first team someday.

“It was the membership I’d at all times needed to play for. I had hope however I at all times had my toes on the bottom, realizing about how tough it’s… The extra skilled gamers should attempt to assist everybody arising, and meaning the youthful gamers should be the important thing for this yr.

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Jose Gaya
Jose Gaya defined how tough it’s to make it into the primary workforce

“To be a strong and competitive team.”

Valencia’s academy has earned a reputation as one of the best in Europe over the past few years – and it was again named as one of the top ten in Europe this season. This season, 29 alumni of the academy play in the top five European leagues.

While 116 players from the VCF Academy have debuted for Valencia’s first team in an official match since it was launched back in 1992.



Jose Luis Gaya of Valencia CF competes for the ball with Ilias Akhomach of Villarreal CF during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Valencia CF and Villarreal CF at Estadio Mestalla on January 02, 2024 in Valencia, Spain.
Jose Gaya got here via the Valencia youth ranks

Valencia’s 4-1 win over Cadiz on the weekend was solid at their Paterna – the membership’s academy – with José Gayà, Hugo Guillamón, Jesús Vázquez, Cristhian Mosquera, Diego López, Fran Pérez, Alberto Marí, Javi Guerra and Yarek Gasiorowski all coming via its ranks.

Los Ches will now welcome Athletic Club to the Mestalla over the weekend as they proceed their upwards march up the desk.

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