Valencia announced the signing of Vitoria Guimaraes’ 22-year-old central midfielder Andre Almeida on a five-year contract. To many, this looks like Valencia’s preparation to sell their captain Carlos Soler.Almeida cost $8.25 million and follows in the footsteps of Gui Guedes, who’s made a similar journey to Elche. Vitoria look like great producer of young talent. This season alone, the modest Portuguese club earned over $10 million from selling their young players.🅰️🅰️🦇#CORVCF #ADNVCF pic.twitter.com/xEq90KZ1JU— Valencia CF (@valenciacf) August 26, 2022 With Almeida, Valencia reinforce their midfield options amid doubt as to whether or not their captain Carlos Soler will leave at the last minute. According to reports in Spain, the 25-year-old is wanted by Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain.Almeida came up through the ranks at Vitoria and was promoted to the senior team in 2019. Despite his young age, he has already played more than 70 games in the Liga Portugal, impressing with his versatility and obvious potential. This season, he started all three Vitoria league games and provided two assists. He has also been capped by Portugal up to the Under-21 level.##NAJAVA_MECA_6596468##The young Portuguese’s arrival is the fifth in the transfer window for Gennaro Gattuso’s side. Before him, Samuel Castillejo signed as a free agent after leaving AC Milan. Valencia’s owner Peter Lim was very tight so far, so the club got three players on loan: Samuel Lino from Atletico, Nico Gonzalez from Barcelona and Cenk Ozkacar from Olympique Lyonnais.In return, they sold winger Goncalo Guedes to Wolves for over $35 million and experienced goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen to NEC Nijmegen for $1.1 million.
