The Factory does not stop for holidays. The offices that the white club has in Valdebebas have not ceased their activity despite the fact that there are no competitions. The arrival of Manu Fernández García (son of the historic manager Manuel Fernández Trigo and raised in the old white Sports City) to the position of director of Valdebebas, has meant in just over a year a modernization of the structure in the lower categories.
The whites, taking advantage of the conquest of their first Youth League, have set to work with the intention of securing young talents. The last to arrive is Javier Villar, brother of Gonzalo, a Roma player, who has been signed from Ilicitano de Elche. The midfielder will now enter the ranks of the White Youth. Along with him also comes the one who has been his coach last season, Pau Quesada, with an extensive curriculum in Valencian teams, who will be in charge of Juvenil C.
What's more, three players have been signed in whom they have a lot of faith in their development: Rafa Llorente (18 years old), extreme left who arrives from Las Rozas and will be led by Raúl in the ranks of Castilla; Víctor Muñoz, who arrives from Barcelona's Damm (he will enter Juvenil A directly) and David Ballesteros Piri, who has also signed for the Whites to reinforce the youth team.
Other lower-level teams have also been reinforced in recent weeks, both on the benches and in players. Who will also have a new partner in his new passage through Valdebebas is Arbeloa. It will be accompanied by Juli Carmona, who comes from Ejea and has a season leading the U-16 team in the Chinese province of Chengdu. He is a coach, a physical trainer … A good complement. Also, last week The arrivals of Ferrán Seco, Valencia's 14-year-old center-back who is predicted to have a splendid future (Barça was behind him), and the young Venezuelan Estéfano Tiniaco (2009), midfielder and right winger have been closed. that comes from a Disney-sponsored academy.