Gonçalo Guedes (40 million) and Jasper Cillessen (35) are the two most expensive signings in the history of Valencia. And both have had a similar trajectory so far this season. They started from the headlines, they had to stop due to an injury quite long and fair now they were beginning to shine, just when the season had to stop.
For him Portuguese is a dry braking after having had a very bad time for more than four months. After having been 122 days stopped Due to a rearfoot injury that was misdiagnosed at the start, the Portuguese had returned to the fields on February 4, in the Cup match against Granada. Little by little I was picking up the pace. So much so that his best game was against Betis on February 29. That day you could see, at times, to Guedes who dazzled in the first season at the club, al Guedes for which Peter Lim disbursed 40 million euros to PSG, in the summer of 2018, becoming the most expensive footballer in history.
The winger was injured after returning from a match with his team. His last game with Valencia had been on October 2, against Ajax, at Mestalla. After returning at Los Cármenes, he had played against Getafe and had already started against Atalanta, in Milan, and against Atlético. The return against the Italians played the entire second half.
A very similar dynamic was living Cillessen. The Barça exporter started LaLiga as a starter but a derby injury against Levante (on December 7) kept him out for many weeks. He tried to return against Logroñés, in the Cup, on January 22 but suffered in the warm-up. He finally arrived recovered to the crucial part of the season but Celades preferred Jaume to face Atalanta (first leg) and Real Sociedad. In the return against the Italians he recovered the starting shirt and was settling in the eleven against Betis, Alavés and Atalanta (return). The objective of both was to get to the top in these months and make it to the Euro Cup well, helping Valencia to achieve the objectives.