Braulio Vázquez: winter transfers won't fix Valencia's crisis

Braulio Vázquez, sporting director of Valencia, has issued a dose of realism ahead of the match against Elche: nobody should think the winter transfer window will fix the situation. The team is in the relegation places and, for him, the urgent task is for the squad to react on the pitch. «The important thing now is to start winning», he said on Movistar.

According to MARCA, Vázquez admitted the situation he found at Mestalla was what he expected: «I knew where I was coming to and that Valencia is a huge club». He has been in the job for a month.

The new investors

On Pitchwise and Kiat Lim, he explained that he and the newcomers are still in an analysis phase. He has not spoken much with them: his contacts have been Corey Woolfolk and the president, since the investors have just arrived and he has been there for a month.

Van Oevelen and the squad

On the sporting side, he urged caution over Kayne Van Oevelen, the injured Dutch goalkeeper whose loan from Ipswich Town had been questioned in recent weeks. «We have two months of competition left and we don't know what will happen», he explained. As an example of how a season can turn, he recalled Stole Dimitrievski, who seemed set to leave over Agirrezabala's place in goal, now at Racing, and ended up as the starter.