Maxi Gómez misses being able to play the Champions League

The passage of Maxi Gómez for Valencia It is not being easy at all. The footballer left Celta de Vigo convinced that he was taking a step forward in his career, that he was passing from a team established in LaLiga that could fight for Europe, to a team established in Europe that could normally enter the Champions League: “I always dreamed of playing the Champions League” he said in his presentation. Soon, he discovered that the project that had been sold to him was cracking and that the Champions League as quickly as it arrived was gone. It was difficult for him to assimilate it, he went through more than complicated phases, had problems with Celades and with Gracia… And in all of 2021 he has only scored five goals, in the absence of the duel against Espanyol, while he watched with I am suspicious of clubs like Sevilla and Villarreal.

The delicate situation has not deprived the Uruguayan of his ambitions: He still has between eyebrows to be a Champions striker, either in Valencia or in another team. The player, who knows that the club listens to offers for him, is aware that to get the attention of important clubs he must score goals again and knows that in 2022 will be the key to your future, since with a contract until 2024, it is one of the large sales that the entity plans. In other words, the club is interested in him performing to be able to transfer him in summer for a high price and He knows that he needs to improve if he wants those ‘Champions teams’ that he so desires to knock on the door.

But since the reality is also that he is satisfied with quality of life, comfort and situation in the club, does not shy away from return to the maximum continental competition with Valencia. In the locker room, the possibility of, at least, getting into the fight for the Champions League resonates as something exciting. It may seem utopian given the circumstances that the team lives, but the numbers are irrefutable and if Valencia beats Espanyol they will end the year in the top four. Carlos Soler He already expressed after winning Levante that they were going to fight for it and himself Maxi explained in Uruguay after a charity match that: “The objective of a club like Valencia is to reach the Champions League “

The statements were granted to the medium Sports Heroic Y in addition to not giving up the Champions League the footballer spoke about Bordalás: “is a coach who demands a lot, which does things very well. ” team: “It is a very young group but we have winning mentality. We have a great spirit to compete with anyone. “And of your options of return to the Uruguayan National Team: “Being well in your club, you have a better chance of being in the national team.” Maxi’s dream is to return to the Champions League and in his boots is that, at least, Valencia ends the year in those positions.