Javi Gracia will lead the new Valencia project. After the 'ché' club failed to qualify for European competitions next season, Peter Lim decided to put almost the entire squad up for sale, including top players like Dani Parejo and Rodrigo Moreno. Before selling to any footballer, yes, the first piece was the hiring of a coach.

This is how Gracia, 50, formerly from Almería, Osasuna, Málaga, Rubin Kazan and Watford, club that fired him in September 2019 after reaching an FA Cup final. In the absence of an official announcement, Peter Lim has given his Blessing of the signing of the Pamplonica coach, who will sign for the next two seasons.

It is the seventh coach of Valencia in the last five years, after Gary Neville, Pako Ayestarán, Prandelli, Voro, Marcelino and Celades.

Gracia's success came above all in Almería, the team with which he promoted to the First Division, and in Málaga, a club that managed to keep in the upper zone of the Primera classification for two seasons.

Now, after two bad experiences abroad, he returns to Spain to work in a difficult but important position like Mestalla, with the aim of getting the club back to Europe as soon as possible.

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