<span class="titolo">Koeman Set To Take Over At Valencia</span></p> <span class="sommario">Ronald Koeman has agreed to become the new coach Valencia and will officially sign a two-and-a-half year deal this week, according to reports in Spain.</span></p> The Dutchman has reached an agreement with Los Ché after a quick round of negotiations and will replace Quique Sánchez Flores at Mestalla. Valencia approached PSV about talking to Koeman, who had a contract with the Eindhoven giants until 2008, and were given permission to make their offer. After accepting the contract laid out by the Spanish side, Koeman will take over until the summer of 2010 with the remit of challenging for silverware and playing entertaining football. Flores was sacked in the early hours of Monday morning after Valencia slumped to defeat against Sevilla, which followed a number of tepid displays already this term. Speculation over his successor was rife with José Mourinho, Fabio Capello, Marcelo Lippi, Vicente Del Bosque, Didier Deschamps and Luiz Felipe Scolari being mentioned. Koeman's name only cropped up in the press on Wednesday morning and by then talks between Valencia and the trainer were already close to a conclusion. The other big names in the frame had almost all ruled themselves out, although it now appears doubtful that any of them were formally approached. After working as Louis Van Gaal's assistant at FC Barcelona, Koeman moved out on his own and guided Ajax to the Dutch league title in 2002 and 2004 and then won the championships last term with PSV. He also won the Dutch Super Cup with Ajax in 2002 and the Portuguese Super Cup during a brief stint as coach of Benfica.</p> <span class="titolo"></span></p>
