In all the excitement after Gary Neville’s appointment as Valencia coach, it’s worth remembering not everybody is happy.
Former Valencia goalkeeper Santiago Canizares has taken to Twitter to express his displeasure at someone as inexperienced as Neville being given the top job at one of Spain’s biggest clubs, citing his relationship with club owner Peter Lim as the reason the former Manchester United captain was given the job.
In a series of tweets, Canizares said: ‘Gary takes control of Valencia as a result of his friendship with Lim. Whether he is a good or bad coach is just a guess. A riddle.
‘Lim seems to be very suspicious, and he has chosen a friend and partner who has a coaching license. Gary is a football man, who has earned respect through his work. I wish we had eleven Garys at Valencia.
‘But the problem remains, there is no management or criteria met for his… If it goes well it is a coincidence.’
1.- Gary dirige el Valencia fruto de su amistad con Lim. Adivinar si es buen o mal entrenador es precisamente eso: una adivinanza…
— SANTIAGO CAÑIZARES (@santicanizares) December 4, 2015
2.- Da la sensación de que Lim es un tipo muy desconfiado; y ha elegido al amigo y socio que tiene con carnet de entrenador…
— SANTIAGO CAÑIZARES (@santicanizares) December 4, 2015
3.- Gary es un hombre de fútbol, que se ha ganado el respeto de todos por su trabajo. Ojalá tuviéramos once Garys en el Valencia.
— SANTIAGO CAÑIZARES (@santicanizares) December 4, 2015
4.- Pero el problema sigue dentro; sin dirección deportiva, ni criterio deportivo… si las cosas salen bien es fruto de la casualidad.
— SANTIAGO CAÑIZARES (@santicanizares) December 4, 2015
Maybe tonight’s 1-1 draw with Barcelona will have changed his mind.
