Overview
- Valencia’s €3.5 million offer plus up to €0.5 million in variables was accepted after Mallorca turned down an initial €2 million bid.
- Copete landed at Manises on July 27, passed his medical the next morning and was officially registered by the club on July 28.
- Coach Carlos Corberán pursued a left-footed centre-back to fill the void left by Yarek’s transfer to PSV and Cristhian Mosquera’s move to Arsenal.
- The contract, which runs through 2029, is in place and Copete has joined preseason training but will sit out the friendly against Olympique de Marseille as he adapts.
- Valencia remains active in the transfer market as it searches for additional central-defender reinforcements ahead of the 2025–26 LaLiga season.