Valencia have signed 45 players in just five years

Valencia have signed 45 players in just five years

Kondogbia es una de las siete incorporaciones de esta temporada
Kondogbia es una de las siete incorporaciones de esta temporada | sport
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They average nine signings every year at Mestalla

Three keepers, 14 defenders, 15 midfielders and 13 forwards

Valencia closed the transfer window with the late signings of Gonçalo Guedes and Pereira, taking their number of signings this summer up to seven, while in the last five years they have signed two full squads.

Since the arrival of Amadeo Salvo in 2013 and later Lay Hoon Chan and Anil Murthy, they have made 45 signings at an average of nine new players each year. 

In 2013-14, they signed 10 players, eight in the summer and two in the winter. The following season, there were 12 signings; there were eight in 2015-16; nine last season; and seven so far this year. 

This season they have signed: Neto and Gabriel Paulista (Brazil), Kondogbia (France), Murillo (Colombia), Maksimovic (Serbia), Guedes (Portugal) and Pereira (Belgian-Brazilian).

The goalkeepers signing since 2013 are: Matt Ryan, Yoel Rodríguez and Norberto Murata 'Neto'.

In defence: Rubén Vezo, Nicolás Otamendi, Philippe Senderos, Joao Cancelo, Schkodran Mustafi, Lucas Orban, Aderlan Santos, Aymen Abdennour, Guilherme Siqueira, Elaiquim Mangala, Martín Montoya, Ezequiel Garay, Jeison Murillo and Gabriel Paulista.

As for midfielders: Seydou Keita, Javi Fuego, Filipe Augusto, Bruno Zuculini, André Gomes, Oriol Romeu, Enzo Pérez, Denis Cheryshev, Álvaro Medrán, Mario Suárez, Danilo Barbosa, Fabián Orellana, Nemanja Maksimovic, Geoffrey Kondogbia and Andreas Pereira.

And, finally, the forwards: Vinicius Araujo, Hleder Postiga, Pabón, Vargas, Álvaro Negredo, Rodrigo de Paul, Rodrigo Moreno, Zakaria Bakkali, Santi Mina, Simone Zaza, Munir El Haddadi, Luis Nani and Gonzalo Guedes.