Universitario de Deportes will go another year without obtaining its long-awaited 27th star, although at a certain point in the season it was a strong candidate to win the Liga 1 title. However, a key player in the club decided to leave for a millionaire offer from abroad and that marked the decline of the "crema" institution, although now the player is not having the best time.

Yes, as many would have thought, we are referring to Alex Valera, who between the Apertura and Clausura 2022 managed to score 12 goals and became University's top scorer. After that, the 'U' had many difficulties to score and let games slip away due to the same lack of definition, which generated discontent among the fans towards today's forward of Al-Fateh.

However, Valera is not being treated well in the Saudi Arabian League and unlike his teammate Christian Cueva, Valera is not a regular starter and in the 8 matches played in the tournament so far, he has only played five. Moreover, he has only been a starter in three of them and in the last two games he has started on the bench.

To make matters worse, Alex Valera has not managed to score a single goal and that may have caused a loss of confidence from his coach. On the other hand, the forward will have a break because Arab football has been halted and he will only resume training with his team at the end of November, so he is currently at the Videna training center preparing to be part of the Peruvian National Team.

It is also worth mentioning that the Peruvian has not scored with the Blanquirroja since the friendly match against Jamaica played earlier this year, so he must be anxious to score in the upcoming FIFA international break prior to the 2022 Qatar World Cup, where the national team will face two new friendly matches.

In this occasion, the opponents will be from South America, as on November 16 the Peruvian National Team will face Paraguay at the Estadio Monumental and on the 19th of the same month, they will visit Bolivia in Santa Cruz.

How much did Al-Fateh pay Universitario for Alex Valera?

According to Transfermarkt, Al-Fateh paid 1.30 million euros to Universitario de Deportes for Alex Valera's transfer. The website indicates that the forward joined the "crema" team as a free agent.