Valencia have been looking to bring in reinforcements this summer, and after Pedro Federico's deal was not made permanent, the winger is a priority. They are said to be interested in the Copenhagen wing Mohamed Elyounoussi.
The 29-year-old Norway international has spent the last few years at Southampton and Celtic, but is back in Scandinavia, excelling for Copenhagen last season. In 46 appearances, he scored 14 times and assisted on 8 more occasions. Despite rumors of a bid, Valencia did not make an offer for him.
Technical Director Carmelo del Pozo told Tipsbladet that Los Che have yet to make an offer for Elyounoussi.
“I spoke with the agent about the situation, but at this moment, Valencia did not offer these things for this player. Maybe the agent spoke with Copenhagen; I don't know more about it now, but I don't sent the offer to Copenhagen at this point,” he said. The tip sheet.
The Danish outlet goes on to detail this Valencia they are willing to organize a loan agreement with an option to buy, but Copenhagen, who wanted to hang on to him, pointed them towards the release clause of 3 million euros of Elyounoussi.
So far, Valencia have only brought in Stole Dimitrievski on a free from Rayo Vallecano, and Rafa Mir on loan from Sevilla. Samu Castillejo has returned from his loan at Sassuolo but is expected to be out again, leaving only Diego Lopez, Sergi Canos and Hugo Gonzalez out.
