Valencia Give Up On Källström
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Valencia have given up their pursuit of Kim Källström after their latest offer of €14m was rejected out of hand by Olympique Lyonnais.
zoom - galleria The Swede is the third transfer target that los Ché have missed out on this summer after the club failed in bids to land Wesley Sneijder and Lucho González.
A representative of the Mestalla outfit held talks with Lyon in France on Wednesday and put forward the offer of €14m, which would have been paid in three instalments.
It was an offer that Valencia believed would finally see the Ligue 1 side buckle, but instead it was met with a definitive no.
Lyon president, Jean-Michel Aulas, was determined not to allow another star player to leave this summer after seeing Éric Abidal, Florent Malouda, Alou Diarra and Tiago all depart.
Despite earning €60m from the sale of the quartet, Aulas knows that he cannot rebuild his team completely in one month and view Källström as a key member of the squad.
Valencia must now start from scratch in their search for a new central midfielder and the first name to be thrown into the ring is Getafe's Javier Casquero.
More talks are set to be held by los Che's directors and coaching staff over the next few days and a list of targets will be drawn up.
Finances are not a problem for the Spanish league, but there strict policy on purchases has led them to pull out of deals for all three summer targets in order not to break the bank.
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That extra CM did always seem like a luxury for Valencia. I don't think they necessarily need one, it will all come down to the development of Sunny. If he's as magic as they say they we could see him alongside Albelda all season for Valencia with Edu and Baraja as backup.