According to Héctor Gómez, a journalist from Valencia's local newspaper Tribuna Deportiva, Valencia had planned to strengthen their squad with a striker and centre-back on the final day of the summer transfer window. However, after successive attempts to sign players such as Pedro Gonçalves, Marvin Ducksch and Etta Eyong, they ultimately failed to complete any deals. Meanwhile, Almeida joined Racing Santander on loan.

The first deal completed on the final day of the transfer window was Almeida's departure. Valencia and Racing Santander negotiated from the previous evening, and ultimately, Racing Santander loaned the Portuguese midfielder, covering 100% of his wages, but without paying a loan fee to Valencia. After Almeida left, Valencia was able to focus efforts on finding a striker and centre-back.

That morning, striker Pedro Gonçalves from Sporting CP was presented to Valencia. This player, represented by Gestifute, the agency of Jorge Mendes, quickly became the club's top choice. Although he was not a traditional centre-forward, due to Umar's injury, Valencia planned to have Arnaud Danjuma and Hugo Duro fulfil the centre-forward role, with Pedro Gonçalves operating as a left-winger. Rather than signing a traditional centre-forward who did not entirely convince the club, Valencia preferred a technical player who could create chances in the attacking third.

Valencia then made direct contact with Sporting CP, who confirmed that Pedro Gonçalves could leave, and that other clubs were competing for him, including Fiorentina. Sporting CP initially demanded a loan fee of €2.5 million, but Mendes told Valencia that this could be resolved through same-day negotiations.

The situation then changed due to Fiorentina's increased offer. When Fiorentina learned that Valencia was also in the running, they proposed loaning Pedro Gonçalves with a mandatory purchase option to be triggered once the player reached a certain number of appearances.

Sporting CP then made it clear to Valencia: as long as Valencia matched Fiorentina's offer, Pedro Gonçalves would choose to join Valencia.

The report indicates that the real obstacle emerged regarding the mandatory purchase clause. The future purchase fee involved was around €20 million, but Valencia's Singapore-based owners refused to approve any plan involving this future financial commitment. Consequently, although Valencia had a realistic path to signing Pedro Gonçalves, the deal was abandoned around midday.

After the Pedro Gonçalves deal fell through, Valencia began reassessing their striker options. At this point, Lisandro Martínez suggested Marvin Ducksch, the striker from Birmingham.

Initially, this option did not entirely convince the coaching staff, but as time became increasingly pressing, the club eventually accepted a very pragmatic solution: if they had to choose between signing Ducksch or having no striker at all, bringing in Ducksch would be better.

In the afternoon, Valencia contacted Birmingham to inquire about the possibility of completing a deal and were prepared to accept their terms. However, Birmingham quickly responded: Valencia was too late.

At that time, Birmingham had a match in three or four hours, and Ducksch was already named in the squad. The club did not want to remove him from the squad at that point and disrupt the team's original plans, so the deal could not proceed. By this stage, for Valencia, the issue was no longer just about the transfer fee or finding a suitable striker, but that they had too little time to complete a deal.

After both the Pedro Gonçalves and Ducksch paths were blocked, Etta Eyong was presented to Valencia. The player himself, along with Carlos Sureda, the LIAN Sports representative authorised for the transfer, informed Valencia of the possibility of completing a deal, as Levante wanted to sell the player for financial reasons.

However, after Valencia contacted Levante, the two sides did not actually engage in negotiations. Levante laid out clear conditions: sell 100% of the player's rights for €10 million, or sell 50% of the rights for €5-6 million.

These figures did not fit within Valencia's acceptable financial scope at that time, so as the transfer window entered its final hours, the Etta Eyong option made no progress either.

After 9 p.m. local time, Valencia concluded that their remaining candidates lacked sufficient appeal, and with the Singapore ownership unwilling to continue investing, the club ultimately decided to end their summer transfer activities early.

The club's executives subsequently left the Mestalla offices. Javier Solís left first, followed by Guillermo Segarra, head of legal affairs, and Lay Hoon Chan was the last to leave at 10:04 p.m. By that point, Valencia had no deals left to pursue.

Consequently, Valencia's final outcome on the final day of the transfer window was: no new signings, while Almeida departed. Both the striker and centre-back positions that the club had initially hoped to strengthen received no new additions.

After the summer transfer window closed, Valencia will continue exploring the free-agent market. However, reports indicate that currently there are not many options available who could meaningfully improve the team's strength while meeting the club's sporting and financial criteria.

Following the successive failures of three attacking reinforcement plans involving Pedro Gonçalves, Ducksch and Etta Eyong, Valencia can only seek opportunities among free agents. If they still cannot find suitable candidates, the club will have to rely on their current squad, which has not received the reinforcements it hoped for, to continue the new season.

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