Gary Neville old Valencia manager

[Chris]

Hahahahahah what a clown. Wonder when he'll have the nerve to return to sky.

[red g]

Carra will have a field day if he does

[baitman]

no doubt he will rock up at old toilet in the dugout alongside giggsy.

[redmike65]

Nev and Giggs is the dream team.

[Vermilion]

Thread title change please, 'new' to 'ex'.

Poor judgement taking the job in the first place imo, he's a nobody to those Valencia players, carried no weight at all as far as inspiring them to listen to him and play for him.

Probably end up at Villa.

[Phoenix07]

Maybe he should shadow Mourinho at Man Utd next season? Giggs may decide he needs to leave to further his managerial ambitions.

[Chazza]

Thread title change please, 'new' to 'ex'.

Poor judgement taking the job in the first place imo, he's a nobody to those Valencia players, carried no weight at all as far as inspiring them to listen to him and play for him.

Probably end up at Villa.

He is 2nd favourite for the Villa Job after Moyes according to Henry Winter.

[Exiled_red]

Nev and Giggs is the dream team.

[Fivex]

Gary Neville's Valencia tenure in quotes:

"Valencia are a huge football club of immense standing - and I know from my time as a player the passion and dedication of the Valencia fans" (2 December as he took charge)

"Sitting on the television over the last few years, it is time now to stand up. If I turned down this job I could have kissed goodbye to my credibility" (3 December - first news conference)

"You're asking me about my position. I find this question ridiculous. It's from you. Don't put this on to the fans" (31 January after fans booed another defeat)

"I am not going to sleep well tonight. This is one of the worst experiences I've ever gone through in football" (3 February after the 7-0 defeat to Barcelona)

"I last doubted myself 18 years ago. After that, I developed coping mechanisms to deal with situations. I'm fine" (After the same game)

"I said before I came that I would be judged in five months. I have been judged in six weeks" (After a 1-0 defeat to lowly Real Betis)

"There can be a hurricane on the outside but you have to be in the eye of the storm on the inside" (12 February after no wins in nine league games)

"I understand it might look like there's something going on. There absolutely isn't" (17 February after Pako Ayestaran is appointed)

"I take responsibility and apologise to the fans. It is unacceptable to play like that in a derby. We deserve all the criticism" (13 March after losing to bottom club Levante)

http://bbc.in/1UUE8nP

[Vermilion]

It's really sad to see an ex utd legend fail in such a way.

He'll probably kick those squatters out when he gets home too. ****.

[Lee]

Gary Neville's Valencia tenure in quotes:

"I last doubted myself 18 years ago. After that, I developed coping mechanisms to deal with situations. I'm fine" (After the same game)

http://bbc.in/1UUE8nP

I laughed more than I should have at this one.

[baitman]

It's really sad to see an ex utd legend fail in such a way.

He'll probably kick those squatters out when he gets home too. ****.

pepper spray and attack dogs too. ****ing rat.

[Chazza]

Gary Neville’s brutal first taste of management came to an unceremonious end when he was sacked as Valencia head coach only 120 days into the job.

Yet despite the potential damage to his reputation, Neville does not intend to turn his back on management and hopes to be given another opportunity to stake his credentials, even if he plans to choose his next move carefully.

Neville had hoped to see out the season at the Mestalla and is thought to be hurt he was not afforded that chance after agreeing to step into the breach last December in part to help out the Valencia owner, Peter Lim, who is a close friend and business partner.

Despite the pressure for a change amid fears of the club being sucked into a relegation fight, Neville’s reluctance to stay beyond the end of his short-term contract in May is also believed to have had an influence on Valencia’s decision to sack him with eight games of the season still remaining.

Neville, 41, won just three of his 16 league games and had lost five of his last seven matches in all competitions. After the 2-0 defeat at home to Celta Vigo 11 days ago, which prompted some fans to chant “Gary, go now”, Neville delayed joining up with England, for whom he is assistant manager to Roy Hodgson, as a gesture of respect to Valencia but he returned to Spain on Wednesday after the friendlies against Germany and Holland to discover that the decision to sack him had already been made.

Sources close to Neville said that he was feeling “raw”. Ninth when he took over, Neville leaves Valencia languishing in 14th position, just six points above the relegation zone.

Rafael Benitez’s former assistant at Liverpool, Pako Ayestaran, whom Neville appointed as his No 2 in January, has been placed in charge until the end of the season. Phil Neville, who was already on the coaching staff before his brother’s arrival, is expected to remain at the club for now in another curious twist to the story.

Neville is understood to have turned down two jobs offers from Premier League clubs and two from Championship sides before taking the bold managerial plunge at Valencia and he is hopeful other approaches will be forthcoming, although whether his experience in Spain scares off some clubs remains to be seen.

For now, his focus will centre on assisting England’s preparations for the European Championship finals in France this summer. Neville has previously harboured ambitions to manage England one day and has been touted as a potential successor to Hodgson but a torrid four months in Spain may have hampered his prospects.

Neville was aware of the size of the challenge of taking charge at one of Spain’s biggest four clubs in midseason in a country whose language he did not speak but was convinced the experience would benefit him down the line and claimed at the time that he “could have said goodbye to [my] credibility in football” if he had turned the job down.

Neville’s close relationship with Lim is expected to be unaffected by his dismissal. Although hurt by his departure, he has known the billionaire Singapore businessman for well over a decade and has a series of business interests with him. Lim co-owns Salford City FC, the non-league football club, with the Neville brothers and United’s other Class of ’92 members, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Ryan Giggs, and has a majority stake with the quintet in Hotel Football opposite Old Trafford.

Despite Valencia’s struggles, Neville largely avoided the fury of fans until recently, with many supporters training their anger on the players and club executives.

Neville had taken considerable effort to learn Spanish. Although he initially had lessons early in the morning, he later switched to take 90 minute daily sessions in the evening with his wife, Emma. His two daughters had lessons separately. Communicating with the players did, at times, prove difficult, though.

He also faced opposition from local media over his decision to end what had been daily open training sessions and faced calls to resign in the wake of a 7-0 hammering by Barcelona in February in the first leg of Valencia’s Copa del Rey semi-final.

In a statement, Neville said: “I would like to thank Valencia Football Club, the fans, staff and the players. I would have liked to have continued the work I started but understand that we are in a results business and in the 28 games (W10, D7, L11) they have not been to my standards or to those which are required by this club.”

A club statement read: “We decided to make this change in the best interest for the Valencia Football Club overlooking the end of this season. The club thanks to Gary Neville his work and wishes him the best of luck in the future.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/03/30/gary-neville-does-not-intend-to-turn-back-on-management/

[gratziani]

Can we change the title to Worst manager in Valencia's history

[SK]

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