Where there’s despair there can be hope.
Valencia currently find themselves at the bottom of La Liga and look set for a relegation battle. There’s strife on and off the pitch but Aston Villa’s Enzo Barrenechea is being seen as a potential saviour.
He’s largely being held aloft because he’s untainted by previous failures, and with Valencia fans and local media grasping for hope he’s the obvious subject.
The defensive midfielder made his debut for the La Liga side when he came off the bench in their 3-0 defeat to Atlético Madrid last weekend.
Super Deporte report the Aston Villa man is ‘ready to step up’, take responsibilities and ‘start to be important’ at Valencia. This is part of a double-page spread in the newspaper’s Friday edition.
He was able to ‘restore order’, after coming on against Diego Simeone’s side. Despite the defeat, Valencia manager Rubén Baraja was pleased with the 23-year-old’s performance.
The manager has used different midfield combinations so far. Los Ches are bottom of the table, with a point after five games. Super Deporte say Valencia need urgent solutions and Barrenechea is the ‘missing piece’.
They believe the Aston Villa owned player, alongside Pepelu, could provide the much-needed balance in the midfield. There’s expectations on him to help Valencia turn things around quickly, and it’s claimed his ‘time has come’.
Aston Villa are ‘alert’ to the hope around him at Valencia and that he’s set to ‘jump into the starting eleven’.
They may also be a little concerned, because the hype around this transfer has got a little out of control and it’s unlikely Enzo can be a one-man midfield saviour.
