One of my favourite United-players over the last 10 years (the last 18 months aside)
339 matches....most of them good!
339 matches....most of them good!
Antonio Valencia's Farewell Message...
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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First time I have seen him smiling ever in that video. Gave me the chills
Fantastic servant to the club. Wish him all the best.
I struggle to feel anything at all for him. Wish him the best all the same.
Hmm. And fans have the cheek to talk about player loyalty.
People always seem to forget this. I suppose because it doesn't fit their agenda.
Pep’s opinion of him as being the best winger in the world at one point during his career, must be overlooked by a Caf random!
Val was excellent for United overall, yes declined after 30, but trying to make out he was never a top player is just incorrect. Unless you’re comparing him to Ronaldo and Messi, which is unfair on 99.999999999% of all players.
Last few seasons have been a shame because he was an excellent player. Never got the full appreciation either during his time. Can't believe fans even criticized him for stuff like not giving English interviews.
Feel nothing for a player who broke his leg at OT and came back to be our player of the season the next year. Who always gave everything. Ffs
Say what you will, but he was a proper Manchester United player.
Wish him all the best.
Wish him all the best.
Don't think he got a real farewell from the club did he? At least if he did it wasn't very public and high profile. He was a United captain FFS.
He doesn’t really strike me as the type who seeks the attention, went out quietly.
You think anything happened with him behind the scenes? Maybe with Jose but surely the club has a lot of respect for Valencia, he deserves it too.
Sounds great that he's returned to a side in Ecuador; hope he has a great end to his career.
Me too Tony. That was an excellent game for the memories, shame about the Robben goal towards the end.
I hope he has an enjoyable end to his career at LDU Quito.
Proper warrior on the pitch. Never any news about him on the media.
Never complained, always gave his all on the pitch regardless of his ability. And it's clear that he regarded the club and Sir AF with very high regard.
Best of luck to you and your family Tony, I'll always remember that banger against Everton, what a goal that was.
Never complained, always gave his all on the pitch regardless of his ability. And it's clear that he regarded the club and Sir AF with very high regard.
Best of luck to you and your family Tony, I'll always remember that banger against Everton, what a goal that was.
Best of luck to Tony V. Incredible servant of the club and never disgraced the badge, even if he shouldn't have been the captain - not his fault no one else stepped up to the plate.
but he didn't even speak English???????
Some good ones in there. I forgot about the left footer against Stoke.
Nani and Valencia absolutely destroyed Lahm and Badstuber in the first half, shame for Olic bullying Carrick and that Robben goal.
We were a comfortably better side than that Bayern, and would’ve given Inter a better match in the final, no doubt.
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Obviously I appreciate what Valencia did here.
He was a good but not outstanding player for us and I think it's sweet that he's returned to Ecuador to see out his career.
He was a good but not outstanding player for us and I think it's sweet that he's returned to Ecuador to see out his career.
You’ll find that I’m not one of those. I’ve repeatedly said that players don’t owe us any loyalty in the same way that the club doesn’t really owe them loyalty either. It’s a mutualistic relationship. Players come and go. That’s the nature of the game.
“Always giving everything” doesn’t do anything for me. Didn’t do anything when Felliani left either. If it’s always giving everything and performing at the level of Roy Keane or Rooney then great, but Valencia was simply a one dimensional player who I never warmed up to.
The fact this thread has 3 pages of replies while the 'cry about lingard' thread has about 1000 says it all about current day United fans
He should've posted a video of himself reading that message in perfect, unaccented English.
"...and I never had to do any interviews"!
"...and I never had to do any interviews"!
He was good but let's not go overboard. It's not just Ronaldo and Messi who were clearly superior players compared to him.
Agreed, let’s be perfectly honest, Pep was wrong. Great managers can be wrong, Sir Alex proclaimed that Phil Jones would be one of Utd’s best ever players!! He was never the best winger in the world, and the other myth is that he was never anywhere near the best RB in the PL.
At a push 3 excellent seasons out out 9/10 is very average. Turn Back Tony will be forgotten very quickly.
I remembered the bayern game tony. Probably for the rest of my life. Thank you. That was incredible journey you had. Heres to the second half of more of the same! Cheers.
Was a very solid player and probably the best full back we've had since Evra (I know they overlapped). His decline was very quick but that shouldn't go against him.
Agree with first para. Disagree with the second. In the future, when people talk about players with heart, tony V will be there. We just failed to find a proper replacement for him. Post fergie the whole club was in shambles, managers came and gone but he always did his best. He will be remembered fondly, at least fans like me.
Was at one point the best winger in the world and also the best right back in the league at another. Will never forget this '50/50' goal he scored vs Blackburn
Pitch this to a fan of another club besides United and tell me how it goes.
I've always loved Valencia. Brilliant servant to our club. Well done lad.
Didn’t Guardiola say it when he was at Barca? There was a period from about 2010-12 where he really did look the dogs bollocks.
Yeah, well a lot of fans of other clubs would also tell you that Sir Alex payed off most referees, which is why we won so many trophies and that Howard Webb was our "best player".
From my experience, the majority of people never give United full credit about our success and accomplishments - most have only half-assed praised for anything related to the club and there is always a "but" about it.
The referees being paid off stuff mostly seemed to come from Liverpool fans, who during those years were pretty manic (a direction we seem to be heading in ourselves these days as a fan base)
When it comes to players, our players have always gotten fair recognition when it was due, bar a few examples like Carrick. Rooney, Vidic, Rio, Van der Sar, Giggs, Scholes, RVP etc were all given their fair dues. Valencia is not one such example.
Regardless, this is meant to be a positive farewell thread so I’ll stop taking it off topic now.
Machine. Love Tony V
Ok you value your opinion over Pep’s. It’s all about opinions, but some are more qualified.
Valencia was world class at points in his career. If he was two footed he would be, I think, comfortably an all time great. Guy had everything you needed to succeed. Drive, motivation, combativeness, work ethic, technique, athleticism.
People seem to forget he was truly outstanding for us for a couple of seasons under Fergie, and when he was shifted to a RB position he was the best right back for a while. Yes he could not cross, but he was a a real beast for us down that right. Don't let his last few seasons impair your judgements of him. He was a very good player for us. Best of luck to him.