Morientes Focussing On The Present

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Morientes, the new striker of Valencia (AFP)

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The 32-year-old striker has a target of 15 goals to aim for if he wants to convince Los Che to keep him, but even that may not be enough to earn him a new deal.

Rather than let it affect his game, however, Morientes is only looking at things on a day-to-day basis and believes that whatever happens he will land on his feet.

"I am focussed on taking each day as it comes. A lot has been said about this and it is better to think about the present," Marca quote him as saying.

"Whatever happens will happen and I am sure that things will turn out to be fine. Between now and the end of the season I will try to my best and we will just have to wait and see.

"I reckon that if I score 15 goals then I will stay, but it is better to not think like that. It is the same as other years when I have doubts about my future and I am confident that things will be good.

"If I did score that many goals and the club still did not want me then we could sit down like gentlemen and talk about it."

Valencia have fallen away from the top in recent weeks after suffering successive home defeats, but Morientes is confident that they can bounce back against Sevilla this weekend.

"Barcelona are one or two steps ahead now, but I think that every team has bad periods. They do not seem to be suffering yet, though, and are moving clear," he continued.

"Now we have to look to Sevilla and try to keep the ball and take our chances, because we need the three points."

Lucas Brown, Goal.com