Alex Valera: the story behind the reconciliation of 9 with the ‘U’ and his signing for two years

Although he wanted to go unnoticed, hidden in that lead hood and his headphones, he could not: Alex Valera (27), goalscorer for the U in the last two seasons and, for this reason, controversial signing at the end of 2022 that he left between the club and He left a serious seismic silence, he left Jorge Chávez five days ago aware of two things: he needed a club soon -his career, the national team-, and some rogue reporter was going to find him, to ask him. “I do not know anything. But I will go to the club that loves me, ”he said and got into the taxi that was waiting for him.

Well, the club that wanted him was the U. Nobody can ignore it now: it is too seductive that a scorer of that size is free (25 goals in 29 games) and even more so that he is from the house, although the final chapter of Their relationship has been stormy. Here you can read the details (paste link). Neither Valera stopped loving the U nor did the U stop loving him. You just had to adjust some things, talk face to face, turn off broken phones. That happened in the last few hours.

First it was Manuel Barreto, who called Valera and told him of the interest in joining the club not only for 2023, but also for the Centennial. Then, some former teammate, with whom he is related, telling him details of the renewal of the group and the positive of the departure of some “references” who no longer contributed energy or a good climate to the locker room.

Finally, this morning, and with no more witnesses than four walls, the administrator of Universitario Jean Ferrari and the striker Alex Valera spoke for about 15 minutes to iron out any acrimony between them. Ferrari did not like at all that the name of the club was dirty that week in which his move to Al Fateh of Arabia was defined, no matter how many millions he left. “The U above all,” he says to the new footballers who came to sign this year. On the 9th he understood that the way to leave the club like that had been a “mistake”, and he apologized. They shook hands. Both had not spoken again since the striker’s entourage insisted and negotiated the sale of the also national team striker, in October 2022. That was all they both needed. And ready. He signed for two years. A brief tweet confirmed the exclusive of nobody and everyone, a few minutes ago. The goals he scores will seal that pact. Nothing more.