{"id":19871,"date":"2026-05-09T09:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/19871\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:40:12","slug":"nunez-and-agirrezabala-contrasting-fortunes-at-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/19871\/","title":{"rendered":"Nu\u00f1ez and Agirrezabala, contrasting fortunes at Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unai Nu\u00f1ez and <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/player\/julen-agirrezabala-373837\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julen Agirrezabala<\/a> have endured contrasting spells at <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/valencia-143\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valencia<\/a>, who visit San Mam\u00e9s on Sunday at 16.15 needing a win to secure safety while Athletic pursue Europe.<\/p>\n<p>According to El Correo, Carlos Corber\u00e1n\u2019s side are three points above the drop and have taken four of the last 15 available.<\/p>\n<p>Agirrezabala, 25, joined on loan last summer with a \u20ac10 million option that now appears unlikely. He started as first choice, shipped a 6-0 at Barcelona, then excelled in a 2-0 win over Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>A January hamstring setback was followed by a left-knee injury that required surgery on 5 March. He has missed 18 games, is back with the group and is unlikely to face Athletic, with Dimitrievski established.<\/p>\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/valencia-143\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valencia<\/a> do not buy, he would return to Athletic. With Unai Sim\u00f3n entrenched, another move, loan or sale, could follow, and his deal runs to 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Nu\u00f1ez is available and likely to start against his former club. It will be his third visit since 2022, the previous two with Celta ended 2-1 and 4-3.<\/p>\n<p>Signed in January after a stint at Hellas Verona, the Celta-owned centre-back has made nine appearances. He suffered a hamstring issue on 6 April but is now fit, and despite Pepelu\u2019s emergency stint he could reclaim his place.<\/p>\n<p>Both players are on loan and their continuity at <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/valencia-143\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valencia<\/a> is uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unai Nu\u00f1ez and Julen Agirrezabala have endured contrasting spells at Valencia, who visit San Mam\u00e9s on Sunday at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95],"class_list":{"0":"post-19871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-valencia","8":"tag-valencia"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}