100 days without grace

On July 27,

put his signature on the contract that bound him to Valencia for two seasons.

Not yet a year had passed since his unexpected departure from Watford and he had already found the bench of a great, with problems, but succulent.

He assumed that the complicated season that began with the firing of

and ended with

unable to take the team to Europe would result in the departure of important players.

What he could not imagine is that at 79 days, with the competition just started, he would feel cheated and threaten with his resignation.

Javi Gracia's first 100 days at Valencia have been a series of blows that have diminished the "illusion" that president Anil Murthy described that he had perceived in his presentation.

I already knew that important players would come out and

,

,

and

were parading

.

Even the delegate

was fired.

Just a week after taking the lead, the Navarrese already saw how the fans took to the streets to protest against the largest shareholder.

At that time, he still trusted.

Throughout the month of August, the situation turned towards disenchantment.

The team seemed to start to work in friendlies that left a good taste in the mouth, but the extra-sporting storm surge seeped into the locker room time and time again.

The coach saw how the club communicated to its players that they would charge in unsecured promissory notes and how he had to mediate to ensure that the payments were secured.

Meanwhile, he waited for reinforcements, discussed names with the technical secretary,

, and convinced players like Capoue to wait, that Valencia would come for him.

The panorama darkened in September, on September 11, the eve of the start of the championship and the anniversary of the dismissal of Marcelino, of the change of era in Valencia.

From successes to demolition.

Gracia raised her voice and challenged the property for the lack of reinforcements.

He did not get off that speech, with greater or lesser intensity in his criticism, until the market closed.

Two days later, Javi Gracia requested a meeting with Anil Murthy to which he arrived with his agent.

He wanted to terminate the contract 79 days after signing.

They did not allow it.

reminded him that the break was going to cost him three million euros, the clause stipulated in his contract and Gracia chose to dress his desire to flee from "being put at the disposal of the position" and then continue as coach of Valencia ... until Meriton decides to fire him.

But his mood was already different.

"With so many important casualties, and no incorporation, it is an objective fact to understand that the squad has weakened. And that, therefore, the ambitious challenges that were posed to me when I signed for the club are necessarily affected," he said in a public statement in which it announced its continuity.

In the midst of mistrust, the team did not start and today occupies 13th place in the table with eight points, a very poor balance.

He has shown signs of helplessness, immaturity and still cannot find a style.

,

,

and

have emerged as new leaders of a tender team, reinforced only by homegrown players such as

or

and in which the most expensive player in the history of Valencia still does not appear, except for a flash of

: Gonzalo Guedes.

With the last departure of

after assuring the president that he would not do it, Gracia has to captain a desnoyed squad, in need of catching breath on the field and surrounded by an incendiary club.

And everything, with the expiration date set.

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