The novel is over. Alex Valera was announced as a new signing of the Al-Fateh until the 2025 season after several weeks of uncertainty. The 26-year-old Peruvian striker did not play the last three games with University of Sports.
“Hello, I’m Alex Valera and I hope to be with you soon at Al-Fateh. I send you a hug, take good care of yourselves,” was the brief message that Valera sent to the fans of the Saudi Arabian team, in which the Peruvian Christian Cueva also plays.
Alex Valera came to University of Sports in 2021 and game by game he won the title of the cream team. This season he scored 12 goals, which aroused the interest of foreign clubs, including Al-Fateh, which had to wait several weeks to close the deal for the Peruvian national team striker.
Let’s remember that Manuel Barreto, sports director of Universitario, said weeks ago that the ‘U’ was not going to sell Valera for sports reasons because there was no longer an option to sign a replacement.
Valera did not play three games
After knowing the offer from Saudi Arabia, Alex Valera was not summoned for the victory against Carlos Stein and for the defeats against César Vallejo and Deportivo Municipal.
University DT on Alex Valera
In University of Sports they don’t have Alex Valera for three games. The striker received an offer from Al Fateh and had an agreement with the Arab club, but the merengue board was initially against the sale as they could not hire a replacement. At a press conference, the cream coach responded about the moment without the former Deportivo Llacuabamba in the Clausura 2022 of Liga 1 Betsson.
“He is a footballer who contributed goals and helped. We all know the situation of Valerabut we have to move on. The guys who replace him do well. The goal is not for one, but for the whole team”, said the coach of university after the fall with Municipal for the fifth date.