Valencia fans feared that this would be a bad season and so it proved.
Last summer, Valencia sold several of their best players and didn’t even try to replace them. This left the squad unbalanced and significantly weaker than it had been last season.
In came a new coach too, in the form of Javi Gracia. But, he made clear from early on that he wasn’t happy and that he’d been promised better transfer dealings than what he got.
Gracia installed a 4-4-2 formation to try to get the best out of this Valencia squad, but it proved tough. There just wasn’t much quality left.
With just four matchdays to go, Gracia was sacked and Voro was brought in as caretaker coach, achieving a few positive results to round off a bad season that saw the club finish 13th.
There is a lot of work to be done at Valencia. But, another question is whether their board want to tackle this. There is a reluctance to spend money at Valencia right now and they need a new coach. Given the way the club is on a downward spiral, it isn’t exactly an attractive job.
This was a bad season for Valencia, but there isn’t much reason right now to believe than next year will be much better.
