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Antonio Valencia is keen to stay in the Premier League if he fails to agree a new contract with Manchester United, according to Metro.
The 33-year-old’s deal expires at the end of the season and United have not yet triggered their option to extend it for a further year. Should he fail to agree a new contract, Valencia would be available on a free transfer next summer.
And according to Metro the Ecuador international wants to remain in England – even if it is not at Old Trafford. Valencia had been Jose Mourinho’s first-choice option at right-back for the past two seasons but he has only made five appearances this term and has not featured since October 2.
Mourinho openly criticized Valencia in the summer by claiming that he returned to pre-season out of condition, while last month, the United manager mocked the Ecuadorian’s Instagram post which showed him training in the gym.
‘I watched something funny in his Instagram where he says ‘work work work’ in the gym,’ said Mourinho before United’s win over Bournemouth.
‘He should say ‘work work work alone because I am injured and I cannot train with the team’.
‘So the reason why he was in the gym was because he was injured and he couldn’t train with the team.
‘So I think it looked like he was working really, really hard and he was. But without the ball and without the team, so you can imagine that he is not selected because he is not ready.’
Valencia, however, has insisted this week that he is not injured and has been left out of the team because of Mourinho
Valencia’s representatives are due at Carrington next week for talks over the defender’s future but United could decide to offload him in January if discussions are not productive.
Valencia was made captain by Mourinho in the summer but some of his decisions off the field have raised questions over the quality of his leadership. The most recent case came ahead of the Manchester derby when Valencia was not at United’s team hotel with his teammates before the match.
Source: Metro.co.uk
The 33-year-old’s deal expires at the end of the season and United have not yet triggered their option to extend it for a further year. Should he fail to agree a new contract, Valencia would be available on a free transfer next summer.
And according to Metro the Ecuador international wants to remain in England – even if it is not at Old Trafford. Valencia had been Jose Mourinho’s first-choice option at right-back for the past two seasons but he has only made five appearances this term and has not featured since October 2.
Mourinho openly criticized Valencia in the summer by claiming that he returned to pre-season out of condition, while last month, the United manager mocked the Ecuadorian’s Instagram post which showed him training in the gym.
‘I watched something funny in his Instagram where he says ‘work work work’ in the gym,’ said Mourinho before United’s win over Bournemouth.
‘He should say ‘work work work alone because I am injured and I cannot train with the team’.
‘So the reason why he was in the gym was because he was injured and he couldn’t train with the team.
‘So I think it looked like he was working really, really hard and he was. But without the ball and without the team, so you can imagine that he is not selected because he is not ready.’
Valencia, however, has insisted this week that he is not injured and has been left out of the team because of Mourinho
Valencia’s representatives are due at Carrington next week for talks over the defender’s future but United could decide to offload him in January if discussions are not productive.
Valencia was made captain by Mourinho in the summer but some of his decisions off the field have raised questions over the quality of his leadership. The most recent case came ahead of the Manchester derby when Valencia was not at United’s team hotel with his teammates before the match.
Source: Metro.co.uk
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