Valencia's most expensive player sales - How La Liga side made over €900 million in outgoing transfers

After graduating from Real Madrid's academy where he scored 63 goals in 120 appearances between 2002 and 2006, Spanish striker Roberto Soldado was promoted to the senior team, where he made 16 appearances for Los Blancos.

In 2008, Real Madrid let go of Soldado for €6 million to Getafe.

In his two seasons there, the striker scored 29 goals in 60 appearances before Valencia came calling, signing him for just €10m in 2010.

Soldado spent three of his best years of his career at Valencia, scoring 59 goals in 101 games before Tottenham came calling, agreeing to pay €30m for his services in 2013.

Two seasons, 52 appearances and seven goals later, he was offloaded to Villarreal for €16m.

A product of Flamengo's academy, Rodrigo moved to Real Madrid's development school aged 18 in 2009.

In just a few weeks, he was promoted to Real Madrid C's senior team before joining Real Madrid Castilla in La Liga's second division.

Benfica signed him in the summer of 2010 for €6 million before sending him on loan to Bolton Wanderers in 2010 and Valencia in 2014.

After impressive performances on loan at the club, Valencia decided to trigger his buy option for €30m in 2015.

Over the next five years, Rodrigo established himself as one of the best strikers in the division, scoring 35 goals in 141 appearances before Leeds United came calling in 2020, agreeing to pay €30m for the Spanish striker.

After spending six years at Benfica, talented Portuguese winger Goncalo Guedes moved to PSG in January 2017 for €30 million.

After just making eight appearances until the summer of that year, Guedes was loaned to Valencia on a season-long deal and performed very well for them.

Valencia decided to sign him permanently in 2018 for €40m.

After making 113 appearances and scoring 23 goals since his permanent move to Valencia, Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers came calling in the summer of 2022, signing the 25-year-old for €32.60m.

A product of Valencia's youth academy, Ferran Torres rose through the ranks at the club since featuring for their B team in 2016.

Torres began playing for Valencia's senior team in 2017 after rejecting Barcelona and Real Madrid, and in the next three years, he established himself as one of the best forwards in La Liga.

The Spaniard made his debut for the senior team in 2017 and in November 2018, he scored his first Champions League goal, becoming Valencia's youngest goalscorer in the competition.

Some 71 appearances and six goals later, Manchester City came calling, signing him for a premium €33.50 million fee.

After two seasons at City, Barcelona chose to sign Torres for €55 million in January 2002.

Andre Gomes' name was doing the rounds in Europe ever since he rose to prominence at Benfica between 2012 to 2015.

Valencia were the first team to recognise his talent and they brought him on loan in 2014 before signing him for €20 million in 2015.

The talented midfielder flourished at Valencia and his performances caught the eye of Barcelona, who signed him for €37m in the summer of 2016, nearly double what they had signed him for just a year ago.

One of the greatest strikers of the early 2000s, David Villa was a revelation during his time at Real Zaragoza when he scored 32 goals in 73 appearances for them.

Valencia were quick to spot his talent and signed him for just €12 million in the summer of 2005.

Villa established himself as a Valencia legend, winning a Spanish Cup with them in the 2007/08 season.

After scoring 108 goals in 166 appearances for Valencia, Barcelona came calling, signing Villa for €40m in May 2010.

Two months later, Villa lifted the World Cup with Spain, before going on to win La Liga, the Spanish Super Cup and the Champions League in his debut 2010/11 domestic season with the Blaugrana.

In 2013, Villa moved to Atletico Madrid for €2.10m before moving to clubs in the USA, Australia and Japan. He retired in 2020.

Valencia signed Joao Cancelo for €15 million after an initial loan move, from Portuguese club Benfica in the summer of 2015.

Cancelo made 64 appearances in three seasons with the club, out of which the 2017-18 season was spent on loan with Inter.

In the summer of 2018, Juventus came calling, signing the Portuguese wing-back for €40.40m, making him the fourth most expensive sale in Valencia history.

After one season at Juventus where he won the Italian Super Cup and Serie A, Cancelo moved to Manchester City for €65m, making him the most expensive right-back in history.

An Everton academy product, Shkodran Mustafi arrived at Arsenal from Valencia for €41 million in 2016 after signing a five-year deal, making him the third most expensive sale by the Spanish club.

The centre-back beat Bacary Sagna's record unbeaten start of 17 games at the club, when he played his 18th consecutive game without defeat for Arsenal in their 3-3 draw against Bournemouth in his first season at the club.

After four years in which he made 102 appearances, Arsenal and Mustafi mutually agreed to terminate his contract in February 2021.

The German defender then joined Schalke as a free agent before joining Spanish club Levante in September 2021.

Valencia's second-most expensive sale in their history, Nicolas Otamendi joined Manchester City in the summer of 2015 for €44.50 million.

He helped City go on to win the Premier League title by scoring a record 100 points in the season.

For his performances, Otamendi was named in the PFA Team of the Year that season.

In the 2018-19 season, the defender helped City become the first English side to win a domestic treble in men's football when they won the Premier League, League Cup and the FA Cup.

After another season at the club and making 136 appearances in total for City, Otamendi moved to Benfica for €15m in the summer of 2020.

Gaizka Mendieta joined Valencia in 1992 for €180,000 at the age of just 17.

One of his best series performances for Valencia came in the Copa del Rey in the 1998-99 season, when he scored in wins over Levante, Barcelona (both legs) and Real Madrid. In the final he scored a memorable goal, controlling a cross on his chest before flicking the ball over his own head, thus beating two defenders before volleying it in the back of the net.

In the 1999-2000 season, Mendieta was at the peak of his powers as he helped Valencia reach the Champions League final, where lost 3-0 to Real Madrid. Los Che repeated the same feat in the 2000-2001 season, this time losing to Bayern Munich in a penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw, after Mendieta had scored from the spot to give his side a 1-0 lead early on.

Mendieta was one of the most sought-after players following that season and in the 2001 summer transfer window, Lazio signed him for €48 million, making him the sixth most expensive player in history at that time.

He is to date still Valencia's most expensive sale!