Considering the drama around the club at the start of the season, and the players who were lost, Valencia being ninth in La Liga isn’t the disaster it would have been in many previous years.
It’s where they finished during the last campaign, and what happened over the summer encouraged manager Javi Gracia to want to leave. He felt promises over recruitment had been broken and it again brought attention on how the club has been run since Peter Lim took over.
One of shining lights in the current Valencia squad is Jose Gaya, so it’s with a cruel inevitably that he’s picked up an injury. Super Deporte, the sports newspaper closest to the La Liga club, reports he’s set to miss four to six weeks of action.
The specific issue for the Valencia captain is a muscle tear in the back of his left thigh, so a hamstring problem.
According to the club, scans were carried out on Tuesday morning and they revealed the extent of the situation.
Another worry for Javi Gracia.
