VALENCIA are chasing an audacious double-swoop for Premier League duo Kepa Arrizabalaga and David Silva, according to reports,
The LaLiga side slumped to a disappointing ninth-place finish this season – and are hoping to find a way to improve next time out.
According to 90min, club chiefs believe that moves to bring Kepa and Silva back to Spain could do just the trick.
Finances are expected to be tight at the Mestalla following the coronavirus pandemic, however, making big-money acquisitions difficult.
But with Chelsea rumoured to be desperate to offload their blundering £71million goalkeeper – a multi-year loan move could potentially be thrashed out.
Kepa, 25, has been extremely poor this season – even being dropped for veteran Willy Caballero earlier in the campaign.
And the stats make grim reading for the former Athletic Bilbao “stopper”, with Kepa having conceded 11 more times than Opta’s expected goals on target data would suggest that he should have.
The Blues are believed to have been sniffing around potential new goalkeepers – with Jan Oblak, Andre Onana and Gianluigi Donnarumma all having been linked.
As for Silva, the 34-year-old has been enjoying a farewell campaign at City – but his tally of six goals and ten assists in 26 Premier League outings suggests that “El Mago” very much still possesses magic in his boots.
With his contract winding to a close at the end of the season, it is still unknown as to where his next destination will be.
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Silva has been linked lucrative moves to David Beckham’s Inter Miami, or even to join compatriot Xavi in Qatar.
But Valencia could try and tug on the playmaker’s heartstrings and convince him to return to where his magical career began on Spain’s East Coast.
City would not be against handing Silva another year, but manager Pep Guardiola recently admitted that it would be “impossible” to convince his No21 to stay.
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