Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Rafa Mir has not ruled out staying at Huesca next season if they stay in La Liga.
That’s according to Super Deporte, who say Valencia may have an upper hand in the race for Mir’s signature this summer.
The Wolves striker has been in impressive form while on loan at Huesca this season, bagging 12 goals in the league, an impressive tally given his side sit 16th and just a point from safety.
Several sides in Spain are all thought to be keen on his signature, with Wolves ready to sell in the summer and make a tidy profit.
Huesca reportedly have an option to turn his loan deal into a permanent one for €10m if they wish to, although they face stern competition from the likes of Atlético Madrid and Valencia.
The latter, Mir’s former club, were added into the mix yesterday, with it claimed they had ‘taken an interest’ in their former player and asked about his ‘conditions’.
Super Deporte pick up on that today and state that there are ‘many clubs with more economic solvency’ than Valencia who are ‘willing to invest’ in Mir this summer.
The Wolves man, who doesn’t rule out staying at Huesca if they avoid relegation, will choose his next club at the end of the season.
Valencia, though, have a ‘great asset’ in their favour, and that is the ‘admiration and respect’ that Mir has for his former club.
He left them ‘surrounded by controversy’ because he felt there was no project for him at the time, but he does not hold a grudge. On the contrary, his ‘affection’ for the club remains intact, and he will not close his mind to the idea of a return.
Indeed, he considers the Spanish club his home and does not forget that they are the club who trained him ‘as a player and as a person’.
That would suggest they might have the upper hand, and the striker even admitted his admiration earlier this season.
“The truth is that I am 23 years old; I have very good memories of my time there, it was very happy because it was close to home, to Murcia and Mallorca, it was a very good place to live, and the club is spectacular,” he said.
“I would never close the doors; I have nothing against Valencia. On the contrary. I am very grateful for my time there.
“I arrived as a cadet, I scored a lot of goals in the reserve team, and I left fulfilling my dream of making my debut in the first team.
“They were six very nice years that made me grow as a footballer and as a person, and closing that option is not in my head.”
