He valencia He has started his work for next season with a firm goal and that is nothing other than avoiding the complications that made him fight for durability last season. It was a very difficult year for Valencianism, which also has a difficult relationship with a much-discussed property in the capital Turia.
Relegation was avoided by Rubén Baraja, although this could not be achieved mathematically until the last day. The man from Valladolid has been charged with leading the team for next season, although when it comes to the start of the pre-season there is hardly any news in the Che squad and much remains to be decided before the market closes.
Valencia 2023 pre-season: when does it start, friendlies, signings, squad, travel and venues
Pre-season Valencia 2023: when does it start?
The boys of Baraja gathered again last Friday, July 7, to undergo the traditional medical examinations and the exercise tests prior to the start of a pre-season in which the team will work in the Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna, carry out a preparation phase in Switzerland and have plans to play up to five friendly preparation matches.
Pre-season Valencia: trips and places of concentration
The first days of work will take place in the Ciudad Deportiva of the club. On the playing fields of Paterna, it will be time to suffer and build charge to carburettor when the main thing begins.
After a working week in which the physical will predominate, it will be time for the first test on Tuesday the 18th. It will be behind closed doors at the Antonio Puchades Stadium against Nottingham Forest.
Once the job is done at home, it’s time to pack their bags for a second friendly against Spartak Trnava in Slovakia on July 22. A day later, the preparation ride starts in St. Gallen, Switzerland
There, in Switzerland, they will face FC St. Gallen 1879 on the 25th, on the 25th and 26th the expedition will return to the Valencian lands where they will face Alavés on the 29th, again at Antonio Puchades.
Finally, on August 5, the 51st edition of the Orange Trophy will take place in the Mestalla Stadium, in which the Baraja team will compete against the English Aston Villa from nine o’clock in the evening.
It will be the last test, the next game for the Valencians is their debut in the National League Championship.
Valencia pre-season: friendlies
Pre-season Valencia 2023: acquisitions and selection
Valencia has started work for next season with a single acquisition announced. It treats the ex-player of Levante pepelu bought for five million euros.
On the contrary, several players have left: the mercenaries Nico González, Moriba or Lino, who had many minutes last year, are leaving. Toni Lato and Justin Kluivert have also left, with the purchase option not being exercised.
In any case, during the month that there is work ahead, it is not only a matter of fine-tuning the players’ physique, there is also a lot of pending work in the offices that will have to be substantiated in the form of casualties . and new employees. And it is that everything indicates that there are still many chips to move in a team that needs to be restructured after the bad that happened in 2022-2023
Source: Goal