Resigned to a goodbye he did not want but for which he had been thinking for two long months. Mateu Alemany has evaluated before saying goodbye to his first press conference as CEO in March 2017. He wanted to check if there was any of what he promised then that he has not fulfilled. Nothing has been marked in red, at least of his own accord, but his project is halfway because the property of Valencia has decided so . Dispense with your work with a friendly agreement that allows you to commit to any other club today . At the moment, he has no offer and Valencia still hurts. He does not understand, nor has anyone argued, why they already trusted his work.

"I do not understand why I should leave Valencia. I am a club man and there are codes in clubs. The basic one is: if you win, do not touch anything; if you win a title, or move . I especially regret having to leave Valencia and I it hurts, "explained the Mallorcan who has not received from President Anil Murthy or the top shareholder" a concrete explanation. " "I do not want to speculate and I can only engage in a comment from the president on television saying that in the new project maybe I did not fit . That, linked to objective facts, is because there has been a change of management model," he said.

That change began to glimpse in the month of June, when in operations such as "assignments, sales with repurchases" frictions began to emerge. "We detected that something was happening And that's why we go to Singapore," he said. On the first trip, Marcelino has the possibility to talk to Lim, but at the end of July the roces reproduce and Alemany moved again. " When there is no trust, we must clarify or find other ways . That meeting was also good, but then everything that happens at the exit of the master, Pablo Longoria and mine happens."

That "everything" is three "objective facts": the agreement for the sale of Rodrigo , the signing of Correia and the decision to dismiss Marcelino García Toral , operations of which the director general, who must know them for their powers, was not To the. "It was clear that something had changed. I don't know the reasons."

Alemany described the work that had been going on at the club since the summer of 2017 as "an orthodox process . Neither Marcelino nor I have ever wanted to send or decide," he said. The process was based on the assessment of the analysts and needed a consensus between the coach, the technical director and the general. "After those discussions, which have not always been easy, and after the consensus came to the owner, who had the last word and became much more involved as of June," said the former CEO. "My conclusion is that there is a change in the model, which was previously based on the confidence of the owner in the orthodox process. Now it will depend on the initiative of the maximum shareholder rather than on the technical part of the club . In a model of this profile is very difficult for me to fit in. Coexistence becomes unfeasible, "he said.

One of the problems Alemany has detected as keys in the deterioration of Peter Lim's trust is the lack of direct communication with him. "He spoke eight or nine times a year. And the coach, for the calendar, four. And that is very little, because we have the feeling of what is not seen. The president, no," said Alemany, who made it clear that it was the property's wish that his interlocutors would be "his people," Anil Murthy and Kim Koh . "It would have been more positive if I had been able to talk to him daily by text, email or whatsapp. To be able to transfer that the processes were not simple. I think he had the feeling that we did everything the coach said and we didn't argue. Nothing. That communication did not exist and I had to respect it, "he said.

From this lack of direct relationship, the former leader believes the misunderstanding that they disobeyed the order not to play the Copa del Rey. "On the return of the quarterfinals against Getafe we ​​have a clear communication of the costumes of the motivation they had and what they wanted. The players were ultra-motivated to pass. The decision was very easy: try to get into the semifinals. I think it was missing communication to explain to Peter Lim that when a professional wardrobe conjures up for something, it is necessary to support it and take out the positive elements that it has for the rest of the season.That is the reading that the mister and I would have liked to explain to Peter. Because that day the classification for the Champions League was forged , "Alemany said.

The Mallorcan does not believe that his departure is due to "jealousy" because the successes are attributed to him and Marcelino, to the "Valencia of Valencia". "There is only one Valencia that is the club and what is a football club? Its fans, without them nothing makes sense . There is only one Valencia of its fans.

Cultural differences also create difficulties, human and professional relationships are different and it shows, but there is only one Valencia, "he insisted.

Nor does he believe that he has to do at all in his departure the few operations that Valencia has performed with Jorge Mendes during his stage. "I think that is why they want to make the 10 or 15 decisions that have to be made every year in a club. In 2017 I fit perfectly, but now I am not so necessary. I can contribute a number of things and I can not change. I am far left, I cannot be a goalkeeper . Seeing the change of model, it is best not to continue, for me and for Valencia, "he summarized.

Stability for the project

The person who is now going to take them, "although they will need to hire," will be Peter Lim. "Clearly the leader of Valencia is Peter Lim. If he knows about football? He sees a lot of football, he has many former soccer players, agents and even another club. Time will tell, " Mateu said simply.

"I am curious to know how the management of the club is going to evolve. As I feel the project as my own, I will love that these two years have served as a basis to continue. That serve for something. A club to succeed needs stability. Valencia has to clarify and stabilize its project with the virtue of having a hypercompetitive staff , "he added before reviewing the turnaround that Valencia has taken in his time as CEO.

"There is a big difference with the Valencia of 2017: the squad and the patrimonial and financial status of the club. In the end the great asset of a club is the players . If they have value, you are financially protected. If it has a high price, high salaries and lack of performance in the field is the perfect storm. And that happened when I arrived. Those months of April and May of 2017 helped me a lot. The coexistence with Voro and the staff enlightened me. I had to make an absolute revolution in that template and choose a coach well. I had the great fortune to coincide with Marcelino and that our management and football values ​​were the same, "he recalled.

"The legacy we leave is the way to defend the club and to talk with the fans, and a super-template. I know it directly, from committed, serious and demanding professionals who have a very high level of trust after the title. A supercompetitive template and very high level, "said the former CEO, who changes the" illusion of the preseason for frustration. "

"Valencia is in an extraordinary moment, to make a leap forward, to make a difference with 17 teams . We are in the middle of a project and with a team that is close to the first four," he said.

Quarry

Alemany also made clear his vision of the quarry, which Meriton wants to be the banner of this new stage, and clarified what the future they saw for Kangin Lee and Ferran Torres .

"The quarry is not a project is an essential means that helps the project. Everything goes through the quarry in a club like Valencia. Nobody told me about when I arrived from any quarry player. No one. Kangin and Ferran were has given card and dorsal of the first team, they were raised to train. They had a year of contract and affordable clauses. And they were renewed. Ferran was the third player born in 2000 who played the most in the top professional leagues in Europe (England, Spain, Italy) and Kangin the one who accumulated the most minutes of those born in 2001, "recalled Mateu, who admitted that Kangin was going to be assigned and that Ferran was not," because he was already there to contribute things. "

"The young man is alone. No matter the age, play those that the coach considers best to win.

Ferran and Kangin are the future of Valencia and there will be more. And we have worried about it. Longoria's signing was meant for that. And there is a deep job of quarry protection. When we arrived, cadet players left for West Ham. That is to believe in the quarry, "he claimed.

Alemany wanted to close his speech, in which he also criticized the Super Cup format as "unfair", thanking the Valencian fans. "In the end in football we worked with the goal of making people happy. I leave with Seville in mind, with Valencia the next day in Seville. I felt that day I returned some of the love they had given me," he said.

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