Of how and why Valencia is in crisis

Alfredo Relaño said recently, following the issue of failed break league , the clubs, earning what they earn, they always spent 20% more, which could well become a maxim of our football. Well know in Valencia, where the twenty percent would fall short when assessing the acute crisis in Mestalla living for some years. A crisis that not only delves into the purely economic but also in sports, mainly before the arrival of Emery, and social, where the entrances and exits of executives and sports figures in the plot have been constant and the relationships between them away from what would be in the conviviality of a club the size of Valencia .

Valencia whole experienced a golden age with two Champions League final with Hector Cuper on the bench and two league titles and a UEFA Cup thanks to Rafa Benitez, with a double included in the 2003/04 season. From that moment, everything got worse, but was mainly a key point in the disaster lived Valencia: Jaime Orti progress and the arrival of the president Juan Bautista Soler, whose tenure as the club will be remembered for ché hobby not because positive.

We will focus mainly on the sport aspect and the disastrous transfer policy, but you can not ignore issues such as the issue of the new stadium. When acceding to the club, Soler hit a historic debt of 150 million amounted to 400 under his leadership, but did not prevent 350 million spent in building the new stadium without having sold the Mestalla ground, making debt fire. Soler left office in 2008 occupying Vicente Soriano place after the failed landing of Juan Villalonga.

Soriano spent a season at the club, but never made a payment of 70 million shareholding of Soler and left the club by not selling plots Mestalla. Since then, Manuel Llorente is the president of the organization. The Mestalla ground unsold, bids are low on hard times and work on the new stadium have stalled. However, Llorente confident, even without success, at its next renewal through a bank loan.

But not only the president has experienced hard times, but the athletic director's chair has changed hands more frequently than desirable. García Pitarch, criticized by its current management at Atletico Madrid, he lived a constant clashes with Rafa Benitez and the current president, Manuel Llorente, director general at the time of the entity. Finally, Pitarch Benitez left the club in 2004 after the double. Thereafter, in the 2004/2005 season, started a season by season review which will see the signings that were made, and changes on the bench and in the sports management club Valencia.

Season 2004 - 2005

Ranieri took over on the bench and powers are also available for making the template. Thus returning to the club after two good seasons at the Mestalla from 1997 to 1999. Was not alone, but brought with him four Italian signings Caneira addition, from the Girondins. Di Vaio came from Juventus for 11 million euros, Fiore and Corradi of Lazio with a value of 17 million as part of the debt by Mendieta, and the most unknown, Moretti, of Parma for five kilos. The latter was, however, the only one that offered a good return on the banks of the Turia. He won the European Super Cup against Porto, last won the continental trophy.

2005 - 2006 Season

Quique Sanchez Flores was the new occupant of the bench after a good year in Getafe, and Javier Subirats returned to the post of sporting director after leaving the club in 2002, the year of Benitez's first league. His return was a fiasco and would be fired a year later after collecting one million euros compensation. Were all Italians were hired a year earlier than the aforementioned Moretti hardly see money. A Di Vaio was even pagarlto go away to Monaco. Sissoko was also transferred to Liverpool for five million.

Villa were joined Zaragoza for twelve million, the best signing of all these years. Albiol turned their assignment and became good players like Miguel from Benfica by eight, and Edu for Arsenal after completing the contract, but had many problems with injuries. Also signed to José Enrique del Levante but never debut with Valencia, was sold to Villarreal a year later after being on loan at Celtic and Newcastle Submarine sold it to a figure much higher. With José Enrique, Valencia left-back would have been for many years.

Other signings, a failure. Newcastle Kluivert free come with a chip high performance and void. Hugo Viana was given the same English club would be effective after its purchase of two million and a record high. The Portuguese lived through a string of disposals. Regueiro Racing came free and the Levant and Butelle Mora of Metz after the departure of Sevilla Palop. Also joined the Uruguayan Estoyanoff, which was given on numerous occasions. Until it reached 25 times Mestalla was international since it was only six times.

2006 - 2007 season

Quique was on the bench and the athletic director position would be occupied by Carboni, and mismatches between the two were constant. Silva became the youth squad and hawk their assignments and were without doubt the best additions, but Hawk had problems with injuries. Morientes came from Liverpool for about five million. He had a good first season but their performance declined gradually. Joaquin was the most expensive signing in the history of Betis Valencia after reaching 25 million, and its performance is very irregular, never has justified such expenditure. Del Horno from Chelsea arrived at Mestalla by seven million and a considerable tab, and ended up being transferred several times. He still has a contract with the club. But the more inexplicable was the signing of Tavano, for whom he paid millions to Empoli and only stayed until the winter market.

Season 2007 - 2008

Miguel Angel Ruiz, athletics director of the doublet, replaced Carboni, only spent a season and supported the decision to dismiss as Quique after two months of competition and the arrival of Koeman and the latter's decision to divert Cañizares, Angulo or Albelda. The season was a failure and Koeman lived the worst moments. And yet, ironically football, was the only title the last five years: the Copa del Rey. Spending on transfers was higher and ineffective than ever: 20 million Zigic, 15 Fernandes, six Arizmendi, Alexis six and two Sunny, and in the winter market reached eighteen and Maduro Banega for two. They were also free to contract hired Hildebrand and tabbed Helguera high. The greatest success, no doubt, was to sign Mata, who did not renew for Madrid.

2008 - 2009 season

Soriano Vicente Soler replaced as president, Emery was the new coach and Fernando Gomez Colomer, an institution in the field years ago, the athletic director. After spending the previous, the club pulled the belt but the signings no longer a fiasco. The Brazilian goalkeeper Renan signed by four million and was transferred after one season. Carleto came with the label of being one of the most promising Brazilian side after paying two million to Santos, but barely played and the club reached an agreement to transfer it to Sao Paulo until 2014 and so save their file. Today is not even in the Brazilian club, but in the Paraguayan league. He was also booked, incomprehensibly, the Uruguayan Nacho Gonzalez has been, of course, given several times. The best addition, with the goalkeeper Cesar in winter, was once again the return of a youth squad: in this case, Pablo Hernández.

2009 - 2010 season

Emery draft, despite the misgivings of the fans, the club took shape and getting results. Manuel Llorente was already the new president. Moya was joined by five million but never settled as a goalkeeper. Other signings come as Bruno Almeria free after paying the Betis million and a half to break a pre-contract by the fall of Seville, Dealbert of Castellón and Mathieu of Toulouse. Argentina also was booked on elmraod Choriwinter do Rubin Kazan from the Russian, but little or nothing has been shown in Mestalla.

Season 2010 - 2011

This season has been marked by a return to the Champions League and the sale of Villa and Silva to clean up partly accounts. Transfers such as Aduriz, Tino Costa Soldier and have been successful and others like Ricardo Costa, Topal Stankevicius shown or irregular. This season was removed as athletic director after the dismissal of Fernando. Braulio Vazquez, 38 years old Coruña their debut for Deportivo at first, was appointed coordinator of the technical secretariat, a position similar to the previous one in which is doing a good job.

Some conclusions

The sports management has been disastrous. They have hired many players and only a dozen have shown the desired performance. After spending nearly 200 million on signings, profitability was to assign players to save the tabs, and had summers where the staff had up to forty players. Time has shown that reliance on the quarry was one of the best solutions with players like Silva, Gavilan, Albiol, Pablo or Guaita. If a club, such as Inter Milan is spending millions on new signings, as we saw recently , can afford to proceed without problems, but at a club like Valencia, without many resources, difficult to recover from mistakes, and Valencia is still paying years of mismanagement.

Photo | Fotoblog Rare (Model of New Mestalla)