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• VALENCIA'S JOSE LUIS GAYA: FIVE THGS TO KNOW ON REPORTED ARSENAL TARGET
• NEWSLUIS ENRIQUE 'TLY SORRY' FOR GAYA EXCLN BUT STANDS BY CISN SPE VALENCIA CLAIMSVALENCIA CLAIMED JOSE GAYA WAS F SOON AFTER BEG CUT OM SPA'S WORLD CUP SQUAD, BUT LUIS ENRIQUE STOOD BY HIS CISNLUIS ENRIQUE EXPRSED SORROW FOR REMOVG JOSE GAYA OM SPA'S WORLD CUP SQUAD BUT SISTED HE MA THE RIGHT LL SPE VALENCIA APPARENTLY CLAIMG THE LEFT-BACK'S JURY WAS MOR.GAYA WAS CUT OM THE SPA SELECTN LAST WEEK AFTER SUFFERG AN ANKLE JURY TRAG, AND ALTHOUGH MEDIA REPORTS AT THE TIME SUGGTED HIS REVERY WOULD ONLY BE BRIEF, LUIS ENRIQUE REPLACED HIM WH BARCELONA'S ALEJANDRO BAL.AFTER RETURNG HOME, SPANISH PUBLITN AS REPORTED GAYA'S CLUB QUICKLY CLARED HIM F.BUT WHEN LUIS ENRIQUE ADDRSED THE MEDIA ON TUDAY AHEAD OF SPA'S WORLD CUP OPENER AGAST COSTA RI, THE ACH WAS ADAMANT GAYA'S JURY WOULD HAVE LED HIM OUT FOR A CHUNK OF THE GROUP STAGE AT LEAST.FOR THE SPA ACH, DOG WHOUT A PLAYER FOR SO LONG WAS NON-NEGOTIABLE."WH REGARD TO GAYA, HAPPENS EVERYWHERE," LUIS ENRIQUE TOLD REPORTERS. "I HAVE TO MAKE CISNS."IF I FOLLOWED MY HEART BASED ON HIS PROFSNALISM, HE'D BE HERE, BUT I N'T MAKE CISNS BASED ON MY HEART. I HAVE TO E MD."IN THREE GAM HE'D NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY 100 PERCENT. I HAVE TO MAKE THE BT CISN FOR THE WHOLE TEAM AND THE WHOLE UNTRY. IMAGE IF I'D LISTENED TO VALENCIA OR WHAT GAYA WANTED, WHICH WAS NORMAL, AND THEN IMAGE IF [JORDI] ALBA IS JURED."WE'D START THE WORLD CUP WH NO LEFT-BACK, THEN IMAGE WHAT YOU'D SAY ABOUT ME. YOU'D ASK WHY WE RISKED THE SUATN."MY MD SAID I SHOULD MAKE THE BT CISN FOR THE TEAM, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THE BT IS TO HAVE TWO FULLY F FULL-BACKS FOR THE WORLD CUP."LUIS ENRIQUE'S EXPLANATN DID NOT SATISFY EVERYONE ATTENDANCE, WH THE FORMER MIDFIELR PRSED ON WHY HE ULD NOT HAVE JT PLAYED SOMEONE ELSE SLIGHTLY OUT OF POSN.BUT LUIS ENRIQUE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WAS AN OPTN."NO, YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THIS, BUT I N'T KEEP WAG FOR SOMEONE [TO BE F], BEE NO ONE ELSE WILL BE ABLE TO ADAPT TO MANDS OF LEFT-BACK," HE ADD."A WGER N ACT AS A WG-BACK AT TIM, BUT LEFT-BACK IS UNFORTUNATELY THE ONLY POSN I NNOT WA FOR."IF HAPPENED TO A CENTER-BACK, I'D WA, BUT I ONLY HAVE TWO PLAYERS FOR THE LEFT-BACK POSN. I'M TLY, EPLY SORRY FOR GAYA, I REALLY LIKE HIM, HE'S A GREAT GUY AND HE HAS HAD VERY BAD LUCK, BUT I HAVE TO THK WH MY MD WHAT A ACH SHOULD DO."HE'S BEEN UNFORTUNATE WH THE JURY, HE DID WHILE CROSSG, AND WAS SOMETHG I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE. BUT I'M SURE HE'LL GET SOMETHG POSIVE FUTURE."LUIS ENRIQUE WAS FOLLOWED BY SPA PTA SERG BQUETS, WHO AT 34 IS THE ELR STATMAN LA ROJA'S SQUAD.SPA'S GROUP IS AMONG THE YOUNGT AT THE TOURNAMENT, WH SIX OF THEIR PLAYERS AGED 20 OR YOUNGER.BUT BQUETS DO NOT BELIEVE THE YOUNGER PLAYERS' AGE MAK THEM ANY LS PETENT.ASKED ABOUT THE PRENCE OF HIS BARCELONA TEAM-MAT PEDRI AND GAVI, BQUETS SAID: "THEY ARE VERY YOUNG PLAYERS, BUT THEY'VE RECEIVED AWARDS ALREADY AND THEY ARE VERY WELL KNOWN SPE OF THEIR AGE."BUT THEY ARE HERE AS PART OF THE NATNAL TEAM TO NTRIBUTE AS THEY N. IF THE ACH CIS TO FIELD THEM, THEN 'S A LLECTIVE GROUP - 'S NOT ABOUT DIVIDUAL TALENT."BUT OBVLY, HAVG PLAYERS WHO ARE SO SKILLED IS GREAT."#SPASPA
• JOSé LUIS GAYà STATS, RATGS AND GOALSJOSé LUIS GAYàDETAILSMATCHRECEIVE NOTIFITNS FOR THIS PLAYERFOLLOW1.9K FOLLOWERSVALENCIACONTRACT UNTIL 30 JUN 2027NATNALYESP25 MAY 199528 YRSHEIGHT172PREFERRED FOOTLEFTPOSNDSHIRT NUMBER14PLAYER VALUE33M €IS PLAYER VALUE HIGHER OR LOWER?€€LOADG...ATTRIBUTE OVERVIEWLOADG...TAP ON ATTRIBUTE OVERVIEW TO DISPLAY AVERAGE VALU FOR THIS POSNLOADG...SUMMARY (LAST 12 MONTHS)TRANSFER HISTORYLOADG...NATNAL TEAMAPPEARANCGOALSJOSé LUIS GAYàJOSé LUIS GAYà IS 28 YEARS OLD (MAY 25, 1995), 172 CM TALL AND PLAYS FOR VALENCIA.JOSé LUIS GAYà PREFERS TO PLAY WH LEFT FOOT. HIS JERSEY NUMBER IS 14.IF JOSé LUIS GAYà IS GOG TO BE VALENCIA LP, WILL BE NFIRMED ON SOFASRE ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MATCH STARTS.IF JOSé LUIS GAYà PLAYS YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW HIS LIVE SOFASRE RATG, STATISTICS AND HEATMAP. JOSé LUIS GAYà FOOTBALL PLAYER PROFILE DISPLAYS ALL MATCH AND PETNS WH STATISTICS FOR ALL THE MATCH JOSé LUIS GAYà PLAYED . MOST IMPORTANT STATS FOR EACH PETN, CLUDG AVERAGE SOFASRE RATG, MATCH PLAYED, GOALS, ASSISTS, RDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA ARE ALSO DISPLAYED.FOOTBALLSPALALIGAJOSé LUIS GAYà STATS, RATGS AND GOALS
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VALENCIA'S JOSE LUIS GAYA: FIVE THGS TO KNOW ON REPORTED ARSENAL TARGET

10hAlex Kirkland and Julien LrensAdriana GarciaDec 21, 2016, 07:59 AM ETJose Luis Gaya has been on the radar of top European clubs sce he ma 32 La Liga starts for Valencia the 2014-15 mpaign unr former ach Nuno Espiro Santo.

NEWSLUIS ENRIQUE 'TLY SORRY' FOR GAYA EXCLN BUT STANDS BY CISN SPE VALENCIA CLAIMSVALENCIA CLAIMED JOSE GAYA WAS F SOON AFTER BEG CUT OM SPA'S WORLD CUP SQUAD, BUT LUIS ENRIQUE STOOD BY HIS CISNLUIS ENRIQUE EXPRSED SORROW FOR REMOVG JOSE GAYA OM SPA'S WORLD CUP SQUAD BUT SISTED HE MA THE RIGHT LL SPE VALENCIA APPARENTLY CLAIMG THE LEFT-BACK'S JURY WAS MOR.GAYA WAS CUT OM THE SPA SELECTN LAST WEEK AFTER SUFFERG AN ANKLE JURY TRAG, AND ALTHOUGH MEDIA REPORTS AT THE TIME SUGGTED HIS REVERY WOULD ONLY BE BRIEF, LUIS ENRIQUE REPLACED HIM WH BARCELONA'S ALEJANDRO BAL.AFTER RETURNG HOME, SPANISH PUBLITN AS REPORTED GAYA'S CLUB QUICKLY CLARED HIM F.BUT WHEN LUIS ENRIQUE ADDRSED THE MEDIA ON TUDAY AHEAD OF SPA'S WORLD CUP OPENER AGAST COSTA RI, THE ACH WAS ADAMANT GAYA'S JURY WOULD HAVE LED HIM OUT FOR A CHUNK OF THE GROUP STAGE AT LEAST.FOR THE SPA ACH, DOG WHOUT A PLAYER FOR SO LONG WAS NON-NEGOTIABLE."WH REGARD TO GAYA, HAPPENS EVERYWHERE," LUIS ENRIQUE TOLD REPORTERS. "I HAVE TO MAKE CISNS."IF I FOLLOWED MY HEART BASED ON HIS PROFSNALISM, HE'D BE HERE, BUT I N'T MAKE CISNS BASED ON MY HEART. I HAVE TO E MD."IN THREE GAM HE'D NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY 100 PERCENT. I HAVE TO MAKE THE BT CISN FOR THE WHOLE TEAM AND THE WHOLE UNTRY. IMAGE IF I'D LISTENED TO VALENCIA OR WHAT GAYA WANTED, WHICH WAS NORMAL, AND THEN IMAGE IF [JORDI] ALBA IS JURED."WE'D START THE WORLD CUP WH NO LEFT-BACK, THEN IMAGE WHAT YOU'D SAY ABOUT ME. YOU'D ASK WHY WE RISKED THE SUATN."MY MD SAID I SHOULD MAKE THE BT CISN FOR THE TEAM, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THE BT IS TO HAVE TWO FULLY F FULL-BACKS FOR THE WORLD CUP."LUIS ENRIQUE'S EXPLANATN DID NOT SATISFY EVERYONE ATTENDANCE, WH THE FORMER MIDFIELR PRSED ON WHY HE ULD NOT HAVE JT PLAYED SOMEONE ELSE SLIGHTLY OUT OF POSN.BUT LUIS ENRIQUE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WAS AN OPTN."NO, YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THIS, BUT I N'T KEEP WAG FOR SOMEONE [TO BE F], BEE NO ONE ELSE WILL BE ABLE TO ADAPT TO MANDS OF LEFT-BACK," HE ADD."A WGER N ACT AS A WG-BACK AT TIM, BUT LEFT-BACK IS UNFORTUNATELY THE ONLY POSN I NNOT WA FOR."IF HAPPENED TO A CENTER-BACK, I'D WA, BUT I ONLY HAVE TWO PLAYERS FOR THE LEFT-BACK POSN. I'M TLY, EPLY SORRY FOR GAYA, I REALLY LIKE HIM, HE'S A GREAT GUY AND HE HAS HAD VERY BAD LUCK, BUT I HAVE TO THK WH MY MD WHAT A ACH SHOULD DO."HE'S BEEN UNFORTUNATE WH THE JURY, HE DID WHILE CROSSG, AND WAS SOMETHG I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE. BUT I'M SURE HE'LL GET SOMETHG POSIVE FUTURE."LUIS ENRIQUE WAS FOLLOWED BY SPA PTA SERG BQUETS, WHO AT 34 IS THE ELR STATMAN LA ROJA'S SQUAD.SPA'S GROUP IS AMONG THE YOUNGT AT THE TOURNAMENT, WH SIX OF THEIR PLAYERS AGED 20 OR YOUNGER.BUT BQUETS DO NOT BELIEVE THE YOUNGER PLAYERS' AGE MAK THEM ANY LS PETENT.ASKED ABOUT THE PRENCE OF HIS BARCELONA TEAM-MAT PEDRI AND GAVI, BQUETS SAID: "THEY ARE VERY YOUNG PLAYERS, BUT THEY'VE RECEIVED AWARDS ALREADY AND THEY ARE VERY WELL KNOWN SPE OF THEIR AGE."BUT THEY ARE HERE AS PART OF THE NATNAL TEAM TO NTRIBUTE AS THEY N. IF THE ACH CIS TO FIELD THEM, THEN 'S A LLECTIVE GROUP - 'S NOT ABOUT DIVIDUAL TALENT."BUT OBVLY, HAVG PLAYERS WHO ARE SO SKILLED IS GREAT."#SPASPA

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is said to be an admirer of left-back Gaya, who is nsired one of the brightt prospects Europe, and is reportedly keen to acquire his servic next summer. Wh Valencia havg sold their top stars recent seasons, seems only a matter of time before Gaya leav the Mtalla are five thgs you need to know about the fenr, who has ma 13 appearanc for Valencia this started out as a strikerBorn Pedreguer, Alinte, Gaya joed Valencia at the age of 11 as a striker and sred 60 goals for the youth team his first season.

JOSé LUIS GAYà STATS, RATGS AND GOALSJOSé LUIS GAYàDETAILSMATCHRECEIVE NOTIFITNS FOR THIS PLAYERFOLLOW1.9K FOLLOWERSVALENCIACONTRACT UNTIL 30 JUN 2027NATNALYESP25 MAY 199528 YRSHEIGHT172PREFERRED FOOTLEFTPOSNDSHIRT NUMBER14PLAYER VALUE33M €IS PLAYER VALUE HIGHER OR LOWER?€€LOADG...ATTRIBUTE OVERVIEWLOADG...TAP ON ATTRIBUTE OVERVIEW TO DISPLAY AVERAGE VALU FOR THIS POSNLOADG...SUMMARY (LAST 12 MONTHS)TRANSFER HISTORYLOADG...NATNAL TEAMAPPEARANCGOALSJOSé LUIS GAYàJOSé LUIS GAYà IS 28 YEARS OLD (MAY 25, 1995), 172 CM TALL AND PLAYS FOR VALENCIA.JOSé LUIS GAYà PREFERS TO PLAY WH LEFT FOOT. HIS JERSEY NUMBER IS 14.IF JOSé LUIS GAYà IS GOG TO BE VALENCIA LP, WILL BE NFIRMED ON SOFASRE ONE HOUR BEFORE THE MATCH STARTS.IF JOSé LUIS GAYà PLAYS YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW HIS LIVE SOFASRE RATG, STATISTICS AND HEATMAP. JOSé LUIS GAYà FOOTBALL PLAYER PROFILE DISPLAYS ALL MATCH AND PETNS WH STATISTICS FOR ALL THE MATCH JOSé LUIS GAYà PLAYED . MOST IMPORTANT STATS FOR EACH PETN, CLUDG AVERAGE SOFASRE RATG, MATCH PLAYED, GOALS, ASSISTS, RDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA ARE ALSO DISPLAYED.FOOTBALLSPALALIGAJOSé LUIS GAYà STATS, RATGS AND GOALS

"I was signed to sre goals and I sred many my first season at the club, " Gaya relled. Gaya swched to full-back and ma his senr but for Valencia at the age of 17 a Copa l Rey game agast UE Llagostera unr ach Mric Pellegro on October 2012. Gaya ma his La Liga bow April 2014, startg a 1-0 feat to Atleti is an attack-md left-backGaya, like his precsors at Valencia, Jordi Alba (now at Barcelona) and Juan Bernat (now at Bayern Munich), has a natural clatn to attack and mak an impact gog forward.

Thanks to a strong first touch and good ball ntrol, Gaya is able to drive and out down the flanks whout easily losg posssn while he n also liver dangero cross, pecially wh his left foot. Gaya is 5-foot-6 tall and weighs 64kg but is tenac and aggrsive enough to impose himself agast bigger is expected to get better and betterBeg on the short si for a fenr, he is often at a disadvantage wh his aerial challeng. Gaya had a tenncy to give away ee kicks but is gettg better, givg away 10 12 gam so far.

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Valencia ach Care Pranlli said of Gaya on Tuday: "Wh young players, you have to be patient and work wh them. "He uld st €50 lnGaya was a reported target of Real Madrid after his imprsive 2014-15 mpaign but signed a new ntract wh Valencia May 2015 to keep him at the Mtalla stadium until June 2020. "He is passnate and mtedNo player has shown more tratn durg Valencia's difficult mpaign, wh the club endg 2016 17th place La Liga and jt three ws om 15 gam, than Gaya.