Valencia midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia gave a long interview to the radio station Cadena Ser during which he spoke about his time with the Iberian team thus far and his future. Here are most interesting parts of the dialogue with the reporter, Pedro Morata. Geoffrey is French, has played in Italy but also knows some Spanish so he wanted “to say things right.”
Since the days of Albelda Valencia have not had a great midfielder, as strong and important like you. After years of searching, Valencia has found you now, have you ever been made aware of this before?
“No, I was not made aware. But I’ve had good feelings ever since I arrived here. I think everyone, from the fans to the team are happy with my performances so I want to keep working to improve.”
Are you happy with your performances? Have we seen the best of Kondogbia?
“The results so far have been quite satisfactory but in Football, you can always do better. I work to improve. I think I still can.”
What exactly is the injury cause to your foot?
“A hematoma, a plantar fasciitis. I do not think it is very serious thing so I want to start working towards getting back on the pitch as soon as possible. Will I be ready for this Sunday? I cannot be sure, I have to take some tests to properly understand it.”
Off the pitch you act older than 25 years.
“Perhaps it is because of my size or maybe because I started playing very early. I arrived in Spain at the age of 18-19. So I put all my experience into the game.”
Marecelino called you several times during the Summer. You obviously decided to come to Valencia. What did he say to convince you?
“We had a detailed conversation about Football. I will not go into too much detail but in essence he said he believed he could rely on me to help carry this great project forward. I think belief can be enough for a player, also because I came from a difficult season and needed to regain some confidence and minutes. He promised me this.”
What happened at Inter?
“I think the real problem at Inter is the instability. It was chaos [he used the French term ‘bordello’ which means chaos in this context]. During two seasons I had 4-5 different coaches and so many players would leave and arrive. For this reasons, especially for a young player, I found it very difficult to integrate and put in performances of my usual standard. A club needs stability to move forward even if things do not go to plan at the beginning. The clubs should of kept the players and coaches for a bit longer. Even with a better coach or players, it is difficult for a player to put in a good performance if there is too much change.”
But Valencia was like that before Marcelino arrived.
“Yes, I know, I spoke to the club last season but I decided not to come because I understood that the situation was similar to Inter, so I waited and then I spoke to Mateu Alemany and Marcelino: they guaranteed stability so I knew the time was right.”
You brother told us you had offers from England and France too. Which clubs wanted you?
“It is not important to say. I would only fuel controversy. The important thing now is that I am here and I am happy. I’ve made great friends, who have helped me since day one.”
You are always in the first team at Valencia now, with Parejo Goncalo Guedes and eight others…
“I do not think that is important. At Valencia, everyone is important and we all need to be 100% ready. I am of the opinion that all players in the squad have the same importance and will get opportunities. When other players get subbed or are out injured, the replacement needs to offer the same standard.”
At the start of the season, Valencia would of been happy with fifth place, now we are third and it seems pretty sure but do you think we can stay within Champions League qualification?
“This is life. When you show that you can consistently perform at the top level, the expectations of fans and even family increase. However, the key it only look towards the next game and try to win it. This is what determines what we achieve.”
What differences do you see between Valencia fans and those at Inter or Sevilla?
“I’ve only been here a few months so my interpretation could be wrong. At the moment I have the feeling that the fans have very high demands of the players, which is normal for a club that are acclimatised to winning a lot. But there is a lot of tension between fans and players. The supporters give us strength but they also knock us down. They do not hesitate to support us even when things are not going well and in return they expect us to give absolutely everything.”
Million dollar question: will you be at Valencia next season?
“As I’ve said, today I am very happy at Valencia. When I arrived, everyone helped me, from the players to the staff working here. I adapted quickly so now I have to work to earn this shirt. There is much more work to be done so we will have to wait.”
But do you want to stay? The decision is not all yours, Valencia have to pay 25 million to Inter but what is going through your head?
“I’m happy here. You have your answer.”
In Spain we say that if it is necessary, we should steal the 25 million.
“You’d go down as thieves…Without getting into this, I’m happy to be here. We will see what the budget is like at the end of the season.”
Would you pay the 25 million for Kondogbia?
“If I had the money, then yes. But that’s easy to say when you ask me.”
Which Valencia player surprised you the most with his talent?
“I could not say a name. I knew almost the whole team before arriving. I knew there were great players and when I arrived, it was confirmed.”
Let’s talk about Marcelino, what is he like as a coach?
“The feeling of him that I have is that he is a very demanding coach and this helps you improve. He is also very close to the players, he speaks about life away from Football. Off the pitch you can speak to him about anything.”
The funny thing Valencia will redeem your buying option just to sell you
Kondogbia is speaking of Inter as if it was his nightmare, the fact is he was a nightmare to us, I still remember him scoring own goal aginst Inter in a frindly game from a long distance, no doubt Kondogbia has skills, but when it comes to handle pressure he is a coward that has no nerve, at Inter you was tested and at Inter you failed to rise to expectations, unlike players like Gabriel you had evey chance, you are an overrated player and your place with teams less in value to Inter.
Its said on the article that will he pay 25 mil for kondogbia, not saying that he will paid it for valencia, but because the title said something completely different, now many ppl bash kondog because that title, pls sempreinter dont be that kind of news outlet
“Million dollar question: will you be at Valencia next season?
“As I’ve said, today I am very happy at Valencia. When I arrived, everyone helped me, from the players to the staff working here. I adapted quickly so now I have to work to earn this shirt. There is much more work to be done so we will have to wait.”
But do you want to stay? The decision is not all yours, Valencia have to pay 25 million to Inter but what is going through your head?
“I’m happy here. You have your answer.”
In Spain we say that if it is necessary, we should steal the 25 million.
“You’d go down as thieves…Without getting into this, I’m happy to be here. We will see what the budget is like at the end of the season.”
Would you pay the 25 million for Kondogbia?
“If I had the money, then yes. But that’s easy to say when you ask me.””
He LITERALLY said those words. We edited it without changing ANYTHING in the context or meaning. Read again please.
Thank you
Good job sir
Thumbs up for luca chorcia
inter might have been chaotic but you’re definitely making it worse.
Fake article title !!!
C’mon
“Million dollar question: will you be at Valencia next season?
“As I’ve said, today I am very happy at Valencia. When I arrived, everyone helped me, from the players to the staff working here. I adapted quickly so now I have to work to earn this shirt. There is much more work to be done so we will have to wait.”
But do you want to stay? The decision is not all yours, Valencia have to pay 25 million to Inter but what is going through your head?
“I’m happy here. You have your answer.”
In Spain we say that if it is necessary, we should steal the 25 million.
“You’d go down as thieves…Without getting into this, I’m happy to be here. We will see what the budget is like at the end of the season.”
Would you pay the 25 million for Kondogbia?
“If I had the money, then yes. But that’s easy to say when you ask me.””
He LITERALLY said those words. We edited it without changing ANYTHING in the context or meaning.
Your comment is rude and false
He meant if he was the decision maker in the club, he would have payed 25 for this player.
I just think this article was trying to cause hatred towards kdog (which i’m not a fan of either)
I like sempreinter but you guys shouldn’t propagandise !
Please read the questions together. That provides context.
Two questions prior he was asked:
“But do you want to stay? The decision is not all yours, Valencia have to pay 25 million to Inter but what is going through your head?”
Then he was asked “Would you pay the 25 million for Kondogbia?”
The questions are connected in a context. If the question was ONLY “would you pay 25 m to inter for Kondogbia” then you’d be right. However, it wasn’t. Context matters.
Kindly refrain from the ridiculous and defamatory baseless accusations. You have been warned.
Sorry but you have a weak mentality for a writer. Can’t even take criticism.
You’re probably going to ban me or something even though neither defamation nor accusation applies for my comments.
Anyways forza Inter !
Criticism is fine and welcome, however baseless defamatory accusations and insults aren’t. Surely this cannot be that difficult to understand.
I politely replied to your comment and instead of replying and talking about the issue at hand you continue with personal attacks. That is unnecessary and uncalled for.
I will not ban you because I still want to give you the benefit of the doubt. What happens from now on is totally up to you.
Have a great Sunday.
Hahahaha yeah right go all over Kondogbia. Personally I never liked that much the guy, especially because we sold Kovacic to get him. But give credits where it’s due, he’s a very good player. Time will tell if he will become one of the best but he has been great in Sevilla, Monaco and now is doing well again at Valencia.
So clearly the problem was Inter, it seems a lot of our coaches suffer because they don’t know how to get the best out of players or which position they can play best at. I think coaches are confused when they come as well. They find a shitty group of players, since Icardi came, thanks to that dumb fuck Mazzari we have been stuck with this formation. Icardi is overhyped, we don’t buy another striker that can play along with him because he ain’t fucking Suarez and he hasn’t got wingers like Messi and Coutinho. Even if he was the best absolute striker in the world, this formation will not work with average wingers like Perisic and Candreva. You need world class wingers to make this formation work. Just look at Barcelona,Madrid, Bayern, Paris etc.
Kondogbia was quite good for some time with us but then he just broke down, and you can’t really blame him. Playing with cancers like Brozovic and other retards is just too much for a sane person. Although when he was with us we had like 8-9 midfielders and a lot of times Mancini would go Ape Shit with his formations. In one match he put Medel and Melo as starters. How dumb do you have to be to do that I wonder ?!
I haven’t watched him with Valencia but when he was with us in those few good days he had. I think he belonged at the middle of the pitch, where Gagliardini plays now. I don’t think you can really expect from a player like him to score and do shit like that. He can eventually score but his strength and physical dominance were his best traits along with those dribbling skills.
So stop hating on the guy, we have become a mess and everyone knows it. That’s why we haven’t been able to attract worthy players. Because no one knows if Spalleti will last even this season let alone more. So no professional player in his right mind would want to become a part of a circus like this except the likes of Nagatomo!!
disgusting person. hope he never sets his foot in San Siro. we wasted out money on this s h i t
Haha I wasn’t sure, yeah maybe just like he aided his mentor into selling Coutinho for a huge sum of 12 millions. Anyway, we always sell so well, Medel, since you mentioned him, was sold for about 2.5 million remember lol
Ausilio in April 2015 to Sky Italia about Coutinho:
“He was not playing much and we lacked patience so we decided to sell him.”
Master and the apprentice.
The title is false. He didn’t say those words. The reporters asked him if he would pay 25 million for Kondogbia, asking him if he thought he was good enough for the 25 million. A self evaluation question.
Disgusting clickbait article.
“Million dollar question: will you be at Valencia next season?
“As I’ve said, today I am very happy at Valencia. When I arrived, everyone helped me, from the players to the staff working here. I adapted quickly so now I have to work to earn this shirt. There is much more work to be done so we will have to wait.”
But do you want to stay? The decision is not all yours, Valencia have to pay 25 million to Inter but what is going through your head?
“I’m happy here. You have your answer.”
In Spain we say that if it is necessary, we should steal the 25 million.
“You’d go down as thieves…Without getting into this, I’m happy to be here. We will see what the budget is like at the end of the season.”
Would you pay the 25 million for Kondogbia?
“If I had the money, then yes. But that’s easy to say when you ask me.””
He LITERALLY said those words. We edited it without changing ANYTHING in the context or meaning.
Your comment is disgusting.
You seem to lack comprehension skills.
Read your title. You connect two ideas with each other and present that Kondogbia thinks inter is chaotic and would do anything to stay away, even pay his own clause.
He was directly asked if he’d pay 25 for Kondogbia. A self evaluation question. Happens all the time.
But gotta get those clicks amirite?
Please read the questions together. That provides context.
Two questions prior he was asked:
“But do you want to stay? The decision is not all yours, Valencia have to pay 25 million to Inter but what is going through your head?”
Then he was asked “Would you pay the 25 million for Kondogbia?”
The questions are connected in a context. If the question was ONLY “would you pay 25 m to inter for Kondogbia” then you’d be right. However, it wasn’t. Context matters.
And with regards to clicks: we ‘re more than happy with the traffic we get (which is growing) and we feel no need to change our approach to clickbaiting.
So calm down and kindly refrain from making baseless accusations as well as insults against us or anyone else here.
Thanks
And read the answers to those questions. No one is denying him wanting to stay at Valencia, but you present the quote as if him wanting to stay away from inter at any cost, when he was simply answering a line of questions.
I will not refrain from pointing out my opinion on an article. Don’t take it too personally buddy.
We present the quotes as they were stated, your interpretation is that we are doing something that we are not. You are entitled to your opinion but not your own facts. The facts are that we have presented the quotes EXACTLY as how they have been stated. Your interpretation is just that: YOURS.
Finally, sharing your opinion is fine as long as that opinion is not defamatory and/or uses foul language directed at another person on here, as it clearly was above. Everyone gets one warning, this is yours. One more and youre banned.
Have a lovely weekend buddy
Lol. I’m sorry clickbait is defamatory in your opinion.
Alright here’s my opinion without any defamatory language.
“I think the title is hugely misleading. If I, and six other strangers have come to the same conclusion and opinion, it only reinforces that there was/is something wrong with the title. I hope the writer realizes that it’s their job to clearly articulate themselves, because whatever interpretation that comes out of it, is on them.”
Have a good day. 🙂
Yes it is defamatory as clickbaiting is very unprofessional and deliberately misleading untrue and something we would never do. Also the title of this article is neither misleading or untrue, as Ive explained in several examples above, but lets not dwell on this.
I respect your opinion and the opinion of all of those 6 people. If you had written this last comment in the first place we would have had a much better discussion but better late than never. =)
Six people and you think it was misleading, many others do not think so, how many is impossible to guess because usually no-one would ever say “good title” or “clear title, not at all misleading” and I think you’d agree with that. However, the fact that 7 people feel that way is more than a sufficient number of people for us to take in what you are saying.
Just let me clarify one thing: We have never ever published clickbaits because in our opinion that is shooting yourself in the foot. Sure you’ll get a lot of traffic on one article but in the long run you lose credibility which is the most important thing to us.
You are absolutely right that it is the writers job to be as clear as possible, here as explained above the writer has been clear. Sometimes when you are abundantly clear people still dont understand so the misunderstanding does not always fall on the writer. Having said that we are humble enough to take in your critique as well as from others regarding this particular article and we will do our best to avoid these situations in the future.
Have a lovely Sunday =)
he is right, hes saying the things everybody knows and no one dares to say. he is a midfield beast with normally managed clubs like sevilla, monaco, valencia. inter change coaches like its the problem, bring half a squad every season on loan when its clearly obvious that there is no chance in the world of redeeming so no roster stability. everyone is a bright prospect or a top class player before they come to inter and after they leave, sometimes it takes time for them to fix the damage done to them by those clueless directors and coaches (except spalletti, thank god for him surviving this hell and being the only sane character in this mess).
Hah, yes there was constant change, but it isn’t Inter’s fault that you suck.
Wooho… That is insult of highest degree and that shows his attitude and professionalism. Let me tell you something kdog. You will forever remain mediocrity.
~Another Baldy blind business.
Ausilio has been the sporting director since 2014 and there hasn’t been one single midfielder he has bought that can be classified as a success. Nice job baldy.
He’s always been a visionary and great team builder lol, said no one ever..
Nainggolan ? Nah lets get Taider dude.
Dybala ? Nah Belfodil looks like the ishh
Lets keep Alex Telles, he’s cheap ? Nah bro we want mighty Ansaldi and Lord Naga is here anyway.
Kessieh ? R u kidding ? We can get italian Kuzmanovic for the same price
Lord Rannochia is our captain but we need a partner for him, well lets get Silvestre and Campagnaro
For years our midfield hasn’t been capable of scoring, it’s ok lets bring in Vecino and Valero, they will score 10 goals each…
Chelsea is offering 30M for 30 year old Candy ? Sell with profits and replace him with a younger less predictable winger ? Nah lets keep him, his value is gonna go up just watch…
Andreolli is a decent and cheap back up ?? Don’t renew him and then in January bring in a bench player in the Portuguese league. Awesome
Finally, his master move… Extend all the players who are not worth wearing our jersey until they retire.
A true visionary and a great pupil of Branca.
while we are at it lets discuss some successful Inter dealings over the past years Including his mentor too.
-Icardi
-perisic
-Skrinar
-Handanovic
in 7-8 years he and his mentor found 4 players worth mentioning. That means 1 good player every 2 years so by that calculation we will get another good player in 2019.
I like this a lot. I don’t like him either but I think most of the decisions might have been requested by the 5 million coaches we had Ilin the last 7 years
He surpassed branca long ago. At least branca sold ibra and bought etoo, dneijder, milito. This turd hasn’t done anything.
Kondo we got it you don’t wanna come back but don’t say shit that you are not supposed to say , I think more chaotic was your playing style than Inter’s managment , You coast Inter 40 mil and in the end you are pure shit you can’t aim low you can’t pass for shit , you are a weird type of player that can’t play a simple game with your teammates, the only good thing about Kondom is that he doesn’t get tired eazy and would run the fild up and down like a chicken with no head . You coast Inter 40 million and you never showed your worth , even at Valencia you aren’t any better the only thing that makes you look better there is that you have no pressure there and that’s why it looks like you’re playing better . Just fuck off we be happy selling your ass
he is an ass, just poor man in spirit can talk like that.
but you know what? if you move the shit side to side is smelling worst
ciao kondo.
lol he’s saying the truth
He speaks what he feels, and by your statement that has a clear root in satanic PHILOSOPHY and the four major satanic PHILOSOPHIC ground pillars. Judge and thy will be judged.- If you bring forth what come from within, what you bring forth will save you… secret teachings of Jesus, from Thomas Judas Didymus, some call it a gospel, it is not, it is more like Proberbs of Thomas.
He’s saying the truth. What’s wrong with that. What kondogbia is saying is the problem inter is having
He was part of creating the problem too , when you bever shoot on target and you rarely make a clean pass and also being dumb that what to expect ….. it’s not like he is a proven world class player and Inter damaged him