Valencia A summer of wholesale change

The plan for a summer overhaul at Valencia is set to start with the sale of a key trio in Joao Cancelo, Ezequiel Garay and Aymen Abdennour.

A common denominator of all three players is the intermediary Jorge Mendes, who is the agent of the first two and negotiated the signing of the Tunisian with Monaco.

The Portuguese representative has now been commissioned to seek an exit for all three players this summer.

Valencia have economic and sporting reasons for wanting to offload Abdennour, with the defender failing to hit the heights expected of him when he signed for 21.8 million euros in the summer of 2015.

He does not feature in Marcelino's plans and the club are actively seeking to offload him, which is a similar situation to Garay, who was signed on the final day of last summer's transfer window for more than 20 million euros.

Mendes played a decisive role in bringing both the Argentinian and Eliaquim Mangala to the Estadio Mestalla on August 31 of 2016.

Marcelino has already met with Garay, who he coached at Racing Santander a decade ago, and will approve of this exit, provided he receives guarantees over a replacement.

The case of Cancelo is different from his two teammates, with Valencia having invested 15 million euros in an underperforming player two years ago, hoping he would go on to showcase his true value.

There were high expectations for the 23-year-old but last year, his performances stagnated and although his quality isn't in doubt, there are defensive deficiencies in his game which could put off suitors.

He also wants to play in defence as he believes it is playing in that role which will give him the best chance of going to the World Cup in Russia, even though he faces stiff competition from Martin Montoya.

Meanwhile, it appears that Alvaro Negredo could be nearing a move to Turkey, after reaching an agreement with Besiktas on Saturday.

Los Che are receptive to the sale of Negredo, in the event that they can find a club who will willingly take on the striker's salary.

Under the terms of his current contract, the player could leave on a free in June 2018 if he does not trigger a minimum number of games with Valencia this season, although Besiktas are keen to resolve the situation one way or the other this week.