Will Gary Neville succeed at Valencia?
Gary Neville, former Manchester United legend and assistant coach of England, would be quite delighted and excited to bag the role of a manager at Valencia. However, the appointment of Neville has been received with a certain amount of skepticism among certain sections of the footballing world. Valencia are a huge club in Spain and a team which constantly aims for Champions league in every season.
This is a club whose fans literally removed former manager Nuno from the club due to the team's unconvincing performance as well as his close relationship with agent Jorge Mendes. His replacement Neville has never managed any club before and there are reports that suggest that Neville was appointed due to presence of the owner of Valencia Peter Lim and assistant coach Phil Neville. Peter Lim has a stake in Salford City which is a non league club that is owned by the "Class of 92" group of ex Manchester United stars which also involves the Neville brothers.
Neville will probably take charge after the game against Barcelona with his first major hurdle being the game against Lyon in the Champions League. Improving the performance of the team, satisfying the ardent fans of the club and reducing the influence of agent Mendes in the club would be certainly tough for Neville to handle in his first job in charge. Mendes has been an important figure in the club who has been involved with most of the signings happening in the club. He was involved in the sale of Nicolas Otamendi to Manchester City and it was not well received by the club's supporters.
Most of them believe that Neville may be a puppet to the owner Peter Lim. However, his no holds barred attitude in his playing days and straight forward attitude as a media expert may help to reduce those notions.
However, the silver lining would be the presence of his brother Phil who can help him know about the club better and more quickly. Apart from that , if Neville does do a good job until the end of the season, may be the England job or the more glamorous role of being a United manager may be waiting on the wings. That definitely would be a great incentive for the former Manchester United and England legend.
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Neville will probably take charge after the game against Barcelona with his first major hurdle being the game against Lyon in the Champions League. Improving the performance of the team, satisfying the ardent fans of the club and reducing the influence of agent Mendes in the club would be certainly tough for Neville to handle in his first job in charge. Mendes has been an important figure in the club who has been involved with most of the signings happening in the club. He was involved in the sale of Nicolas Otamendi to Manchester City and it was not well received by the club's supporters.
Most of them believe that Neville may be a puppet to the owner Peter Lim. However, his no holds barred attitude in his playing days and straight forward attitude as a media expert may help to reduce those notions.
However, the silver lining would be the presence of his brother Phil who can help him know about the club better and more quickly. Apart from that , if Neville does do a good job until the end of the season, may be the England job or the more glamorous role of being a United manager may be waiting on the wings. That definitely would be a great incentive for the former Manchester United and England legend.
