Gary Neville has been appointed as Head Coach of Valencia until the end of the season.
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Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
Excellent. Great to see a former player who appears to have a good understanding of the game go out and start his managerial career, and that too in an unfamiliar environment. Will be watching a whole lot of Valencia from now on. Hope he does really well.
This is madness, the Spanish league just got a lot more interesting anyway.Great timing an' all. Right before the Barcelona match.
Poor Phil
Jobs for the boys. Big Peter is a good mate indeed 
Will he be playing fast, attacking football with wingers? Seriously though, hope he does well and becomes a success as a manager.
Will he be playing fast, attacking football with wingers? Seriously though, hope he does well and becomes a success as a manager.
Does Valencia have a way? Like the United Way he and his mates go on about. Surely he'll have to dive into the clubs' history books and find the tactic.
And I hate to make this thread about Giggs, but it just goes to show that there are opportunities out there for respected ex players ( let alone legends) if they come across as knowledgable to the owners of clubs. I hope Giggs follows suit and proves himself.
Alas, another slight which denies Brendan "Dos paellas, el mate, ta" Rodgers his Iberian destiny.
I mean, talk about chucking yourself in at the deep end! Valencia are a huge club with (you'd imagine) fairly sizeable aspirations.... Really hope it works out well for him.
Also, does he know a lick of Spanish?
Also, does he know a lick of Spanish?
I hope United and Valencia play each other this season.
So was Moyes resume rejected by Valencia??
Apparently he's only taking charge after the Barca match.
Wtf! I thought this was a typo when I saw the headline on the BBC.
Indeed but they're not going to force players upon him - Valencia quite specifically didn't want another Mendes client in charge.
He should sign Stefano from Sociedad.
Madrid Valencia should be an interesting fixture with Ronnie visiting Gaz.
Mental.
Both Neville brothers now have some quality coaching experience under their belts as well as exposure to quality coaching methods over their entire playing careers.
Gary Neville's role as a pundit will also have massively accelerated his holistic view of the game as well as decoding tactics.
Of course this appointment is down to personal contacts but its not as mad as it sounds. And it provides a fantastic platform for both brothers to show what they can do as a double act (that could stay together for an entire managerial career!).
Maybe Ryan Giggs now has some serious competition for who takes over after Van Gaal!
Gary Neville's role as a pundit will also have massively accelerated his holistic view of the game as well as decoding tactics.
Of course this appointment is down to personal contacts but its not as mad as it sounds. And it provides a fantastic platform for both brothers to show what they can do as a double act (that could stay together for an entire managerial career!).
Maybe Ryan Giggs now has some serious competition for who takes over after Van Gaal!
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Going to miss MNF.
Is it the 1st of April? Future United manager if this goes well.
Its just their connections apparently.
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Yes. They have become a joke club in the space of a few hours under Lim.
It will be interesting to see how Valencia line up under Neville's rule.
Best of luck to him
Best of luck to him
Can see Giggs and the Nevilles working together at OT. Best of luck to Gary, would be great to see this working out.
I'd be pretty unimpressed if I was a Valencia fan. Lim just doing favours for his friends.
Hope he does well however.
Hope he does well however.
Errr can he speak Spanish? This is proper weird for a first managing job.
Fair enough. But I reckon Giggs has enough connections (other than United) to get good managerial opportunities too.
Honestly, I thought this would have been a good job for Giggs to go out and prove himself. Interesting though, Could Neville be a future United manager. He's clearly tactically astute and wants to play entertaining football built on a good defence.
Will he be going for a w@nk on the beach before taking his first training too?
Hope he does really well. He could leapfrog giggsy as a candidate for the United job post LvG.
I thought they'd got the first names mixed up. Gary AND Phil at Valencia now?! Is this some kind of prank
Moyes proved that wasn't a pre-requisite.
As much as it's an opportunity it's also a big risk that Neville's taken given the size of club and being in the foreign country. Hope he proves himself. Will definitely tune in for his first game in charge.
Could be the beginning of the end for the CO92 though.
Imagine, Neville is a success and gets the United job over Giggs. Can't see that going down well.
Interesting times are ahead. Can't wait. Love a bit of drama
Imagine, Neville is a success and gets the United job over Giggs. Can't see that going down well.
Interesting times are ahead. Can't wait. Love a bit of drama
I'll miss seeing him on TV but this is brilliant. I always thought his talents were wasted in the TV Studio.
That was my first thought. Managing in a foreign country without speaking the language must be quite difficult:
Good news for us, a very big stage for him to show whether or not he has the pedigree to manage us alongside Giggs and Scholes one day.