Valencia To Unveil Hildebrand

• omgukilledkenny

  4 Jul 07, 02:26

  Valencia have officially announced what has long been suspected- that Timo Hildebrand will be joining them from Stuttgart.
  
  The German international goalkeeper will undergo a medical on Wednesday before signing a three year contract with ‘Los Ches’.
  
  Hildebrand chose not to extend his contract with the German champions and exercise his right to leave on a free transfer.
  
  However his position at Valencia remains in doubt as Amadeo Carboni, the man who did so much to bring him to Spain, has since left his position as Valencia manager.
  
  It has been reported that current trainer Quique Sánchez Flores does not particularly rate the 28 year old German.
  
  It seems Hildebrand will face an uphill battle to displace current Valencia number one Santiago Canizares, who has been at the Mestalla since 1998 and is a fanÂ’s favourite.
• anhydrouscoppersulphate

  4 Jul 07, 04:44

  wow replacement for canizares
• CKeer

  4 Jul 07, 10:29

  Cool. Now he can fight for the number 1 jersey in Germany National team with Lehmann.
  
  Cheers.
  CK
• 4getmenot

  4 Jul 07, 10:42

  Originally posted by CKeer:

  Cool. Now he can fight for the number 1 jersey in Germany National team with Lehmann.
  
  Cheers.
  CK

  As far as i can tell, Lehmann i think is about to retire soon in both club & international level, probably after 1 more season in Arsenal?
  
  Hes not as agile or sharp as he was two seasons ago..
  
  
• CKeer

  4 Jul 07, 10:43

  Originally posted by 4getmenot:

  As far as i can tell, Lehmann i think is about to retire soon in both club & international level, probably after 1 more season in Arsenal?
  
  Hes not as agile or sharp as he was two seasons ago..
  
  

  Seaman played till he was 41....
  
  Cheers.
  CK
• glacer

  5 Jul 07, 19:58

  Hildebrand is definitely a great replacement for Lehmann, Arsenal need to find a keeper if Fabianski fails in the EPL