Silva by Matt Oldfield

Author:Matt Oldfield [Matt and Tom Oldfield]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781789461237
Publisher: John Blake
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

VALENCIA’S MVP

After an excellent Euro 2008, David was a wanted man. Europe’s biggest clubs tried their best to sign him over the summer, but Valencia kept saying no.

‘We won’t sell David Silva and David Villa for less than £135 million!’ the club announced firmly.

£135 million? You could buy a whole team of talented footballers for that money! No-one was prepared to pay the fee, so Valencia’s star players were going nowhere.

‘Never mind,’ David Silva thought to himself. He was still only twenty-three and he wasn’t the type of person who got angry and asked for a transfer. Instead, he just got on with his job. He wanted to win lots more trophies, and hopefully he could do that at Valencia.

Unfortunately, however, David didn’t play for months because of a bad ankle injury. It was so frustrating to sit and watch and wait. In the end, his season only really started in January!

‘Right, I’m ready to make up for lost time,’ he told Juan ahead of their match against Atlético Madrid.

David was desperate to get back to his best as soon as possible. As Miguel dribbled down the right wing, he sprinted through the middle, calling out for the ball.

‘I’m here! Pass it!’

David’s first touch was a little rusty, but he still managed to poke the ball past the keeper.

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It felt so good to be back! David stood in front of the Valencia fans and blew kisses to them all.

By the second-half, David’s first touch was as dazzling as normal again. He controlled Joaquín’s pass and fired a spectacular long-range shot right into the top corner.

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

‘Man, we really missed you and your magic!’ David Villa shouted, jumping on his strike partner’s back.

David Silva certainly wasn’t tiptoeing his way back into action. He didn’t have time for that. He set up goals against Almería, then Málaga, then Getafe and then Sporting Gijón, and he still had his two favourites opponents to come.

Barcelona and Real Madrid. They were two of the many clubs that had tried to buy him after Euro 2008, but they hadn’t tried hard enough. Maybe he needed to remind them what a big-game player he was…

Against Barcelona, David curled in a dangerous corner and Hedwiges Maduro bundled it in. 1–1!

And against Real Madrid, David skipped between three defenders and then squeezed a shot past his Spanish teammate, Iker. 2–0!

Goooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Valencia fans cheered and cheered for their little magician. When they needed a hero, they knew that they could rely on David.

‘If only I hadn’t got injured,’ he discussed with Ranzel during the summer. ‘That could have been my best season yet!’

David was soon a wanted man once more. Valencia had big debts to pay and it looked like they might have to sell their best players.

‘We’ll give you a great offer for Silva!’ Liverpool announced. They seemed to be leading the long race to sign him because Eduardo Macià, the man who had first scouted David for Valencia, was now working there.

‘So will we!’ said Juventus.

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