Valdés Forever

Víctor Valdés is the FC Barcelona goalkeeper with record appearances (512), trophies (21),  zamora titles (5),  clean sheets (227) and minutes without conceding (897), but as everyone knows come the end of the 2013/14 he will never again stand between the Camp Nou goal posts. That’s what he’s said and repeated multiple times, but with his departure now just eight months away a campaign has begun to try and convince him to stay. It’s about time.







The campaign is called “Valdés Forever” and was started by 21 year old member (132,330) Marc Darné. Here is the initiative’s official mission statement:

“Valdés Forever” initiative was born in September 2013, with the objective to succeed in convincing Víctor Valdés to renew his contract and continue for many more years wearing Barça’s t-shirt. It’s known that Valdés announced last January his intention not to renew with the Catalan club; he has announced yet that he has taken this decision. However, we think it’s possible to make him change his opinion.

The initiative is focused to all FC Barcelona members and fans that support their team in Camp Nou. We think the tier is the best place for transmitting our wish of having Victor Valdés as our goalkeeper. If we get all Camp Nou shouting in unison, Valdés will feel all fans support.”

The group is wanting to rally fans to sing in unison in support of Valdés on the 30th minute point of both the first half and second half. Here are both the instructions and the lyrics:

At 30th minute of first half: OE, OE OE OE, ¡VÍCTOR VALDÉS! OE, OE OE OE, ¡VÍCTOR VALDÉS!

At 30th minute of second half: NOSOTROS TE QUEREMOS, ¡VÍCTOR QUÉDATE! NOSOTROS TE QUEREMOS, VÍCTOR QUÉDATE LE RE LE RE, LE RE LE RE LE RE, LE RE. ¡VÍCTOR QUÉDATE!

Ideally Darné wanted to do this during the first minute, symbolic of his squad number, but decided that wasn’t going to be practical as people are still arriving at that point or returning from their half-time activities.

You can find more information at the official campaign website: www.valdesforever.hol.es

Also get involved on Twitter by tweeting to Valdés himself a personal message accompanied by the official hash-tag #valdesforever.

So if this appeals to you, get involved. Because as Darné say:

“The purpose is that the message is simple and clear: WE LOVE VÍCTOR VALDÉS AND WE WANT HIM TO STAY!“