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Valencia appear to have a stable key contributor to count on moving forward in young American Yunus Musah. At a club that has been a revolving door of managers and players under the rocky ownership of Peter Lim and in desperate search for consistency, the charismatic New York City-born midfielder is finding comfort in La Liga under new manager Gennaro Gattuso.
Since the departure of Copa del Rey-winning manager Marcelino in September of 2019, Los Che have had five different managers in that span. And despite showing progress under Jose Bordalas last season by making the Copa del Rey final, he was canned in favor of Gattuso, a former World Cup winner as a player for Italy. It remains to be seen if the Italian boss will be there for the long term, but he has put a lot of trust in Musah early on this season.
“It’s my fourth season with Valencia now. I always learn different things. I feel like they’ve really begun trusting me,” Musah said in the “LaLiga Spotlight” media roundtable prior to Monday’s 1-0 home loss to Atletico Madrid. “Gattuso really showed his character in our game against Girona. We were winning 1-0, and then [he] got a red card in the second half. He just wanted the game to end. When the referee was giving too much added time. He was passionate and angry at the same time.”
Musah went from averaging 43 minutes per game last season to now logging over 80 minutes through their first three contests, including a pair of 90-minute affairs already under his belt. His situation is quite the opposite of what other Americans like Christian Pulisic, at Chelsea, and Sergino Dest, at Barcelona, are enduring at their clubs, where both are struggling for minutes as afterthoughts somewhere between role players and completely forgotten. Dest hasn’t even been used at all this season — he’s not even making the matchday squad. Pulisic has yet to start this campaign for the Blues and has 71…
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