{"id":566025,"date":"2020-09-16T08:48:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T12:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=566025"},"modified":"2020-09-16T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T12:48:24","slug":"joel-valencia-leaves-brentford-on-loan-to-legia-warsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/16\/joel-valencia-leaves-brentford-on-loan-to-legia-warsaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Valencia Leaves Brentford On Loan to Legia Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Championship club Brentford have \u00a0confirmed the loan departure of Joel Valencia. The \u00a0attacking-midfielder is joining Polish side Legia Warsaw on a season-long loan.<\/p>\n<h2>Joel Valencia Completes Loan Move<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome to the first team \ud835\ude45\ud835\ude64\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude61 \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TransferDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TransferDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dzie%C5%84Transferowy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Dzie\u0144Transferowy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tqXADJoV7e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tqXADJoV7e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Legia Warsaw (@LegiaWarsawEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegiaWarsawEN\/status\/1306155982788198400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>A Good Move<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, Valencia is struggling to make an impact at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=brentford\" target=\"_self\">Brentford<\/a>. He arrived at the club in July 2019, for an undisclosed fee.<\/p>\n<p>He was lauded as a huge signing, as he was joining from Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice, who were the reigning champions of Poland. This was the first time in the Piast Gliwice&#8217;s history that they had finished as league champions.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Valencia personally won various awards for aiding Gliwice, including the <em>Polish Player of the Year Award.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the time of Valencia&#8217;s signing, the Brentford Head Coach &#8211; Thomas Frank &#8211; was really <span class=\"TextRun BCX2 SCXW16047538\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX2 SCXW16047538\">enthusiastic<\/span><\/span>. Speaking in July 2019, Frank told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brentfordfc.com\/news\/2019\/july\/joel-valencia-joins-brentford\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official Brentford FC website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoel had an excellent season last season and was one of the main reasons Piast Gliwice won the league for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He produced goals and assists and also created lots of other chances. His output in terms of goals and assist can be even higher and he will develop as a player with us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, a year on, and Frank&#8217;s words have yet to materialise into reality.<\/p>\n<h3>A Spot Of Bad Luck<\/h3>\n<p>Things began quite well for Valencia as he quickly made his full first team debut at Brentford. This came in Brentford&#8217;s 1-1 draw with League 2 club Cambridge United in the First Round of the EFL Cup. However, this has so far proved to be one of only 4 games that he has started for Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>After the Cambridge match, he was dropped to the substitutes bench. Eventually, he made his full debut in a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_self\">Championship<\/a> game at Wigan Athletic in early November. Sadly, Valencia sustained an injury to his collarbone that kept him out of contention for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>After returning to full-fitness, he was unable to regain a starting role.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2019\/20 Championship season suffered a suspension. When it returned, Valencia scored his first Brentford goal. This was a superb long-range goal in a game at Reading.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Valencia has so far appeared 24 times for Brentford, scoring 1 goal. This includes a substitute&#8217;s appearance earlier this month, during Brentford&#8217;s EFL tie against Wycombe Wanderers.<\/p>\n<h3>Not Giving Up Hope On Joel Valencia<\/h3>\n<p>Frank, perhaps based on Valencia&#8217;s end of season performances, has not given up hope of the 25-year-old midfielder making an impact at Brentford. He confirmed his thoughts in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westlondonsport.com\/brentford\/brentford-wls-joel-valencia-future\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking, Frank said: \u201cWhen you come to the Championship, it takes time to adapt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After two months he <em>(Valencia)<\/em> looked better and better, started against Wigan, we won 3-0, but then he was subbed off with an injury to his collarbone, and was out for six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But he has been working unbelievably hard through all of that <em>(sic)<\/em>, and he is a top player for the group, and I think his time will come. I believe he has a long-term future here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is quite possible that Valencia will, in the future, prove an asset to Brentford. He is only 1 year into his 4-year contract. Even with his season long loan at Legia Warsaw, he will still have a further 2-years to establish himself in west London.<\/p>\n<p>However, for now, he is expected to make his Legia Warsaw debut on Sunday, when his new club host G\u00f3rnik Zabrze.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"l5gM3aGOTkNurXztsX11ow\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1256350769\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'l5gM3aGOTkNurXztsX11ow',sig:'4L1-Kum2a3oj1PXScbAhtFIL0JAY0g6PF4Y9I2zMiNQ=',w:'594px',h:'422px',items:'1256350769',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Championship club Brentford have \u00a0confirmed the loan departure of Joel Valencia. The \u00a0attacking-midfielder is joining Polish side Legia Warsaw on a season-long loan. Joel Valencia Completes Loan Move Welcome to the first team \ud835\ude45\ud835\ude64\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude61 \ud83d\udd25#TransferDay #Dzie\u0144Transferowy pic.twitter.com\/tqXADJoV7e \u2014 Legia Warsaw (@LegiaWarsawEN) September 16, 2020 A Good Move Currently, Valencia is struggling to make an impact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3497,"featured_media":566052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,33,32,30,28],"tags":[1377,4882,168,6644,1511,4132,1169,4466,37,136],"class_list":["post-566025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-championship","category-league-football","category-news","category-transfers","tag-brentford","tag-championhip","tag-efl","tag-joel-valencia","tag-legia-warsaw","tag-loan-deals","tag-poland","tag-thomas-frank","tag-transfers","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}