Official: Javi Gracia, new coach of Valencia until 2022

End and end to the soap opera coach in the capital of Turia, Javi Gracia is already for all technical purposes of Valencia after the entity that has made it official on Monday afternoon, July 27, and that AS will advance it on July 17.. The former Watford has signed for the next two seasons and if all goes well, he will be in charge of the minimum team until 2022. He will be presented to the media tomorrow.

Around 2:00 p.m., the Navarrese arrived in Valencia to meet with all the high cupola commanded by Anil Murthy. The president wanted to eat with the coach to finish closing the agreement and begin to analyze the next season, something that he had wanted to do for weeks, but has not been able to do until Peter Lim has not given the 'ok' to his signing. The one from Pamplona will be the seventh coach in the six years that Peter Lim has been the club's largest shareholder, thus following in the footsteps of Nuno, Neville, Ayestarán, Prandelli, Marcelino and Celades.

Javi Gracia, at 50 years old, assumes the challenge of managing a Valencia in the midst of rebuilding the project. Your experience in Villarreal B, Cádiz, Osasuna, Málaga, Rubin Kazan and Watford They guarantee you as a trainer who gets great performance with tight templates or who have lost good cash. The already Valencianista arrives at the club with his physical trainer Juan Solla and analyst Isidre Madir, two of his trusted men with whom he has already shared experiences. Solla has been 13 years with him and Madir (who was on Luis Enrique's coaching staff at Barça), he agreed at Watford.

Message to the quarry

Javi Gracia's presentation comes accompanied by a new message to the 'quarry project' The Valencian quarry wants to encourage so much. Thus, the presentation video is joined by phrases from Gracia himself praising the Academia che.

The message: Valencia has always been an ambitious club, of seasoned players who give their all up to 90. The effort is non-negotiable and that is what has led us and will lead to the best moments of our club. Always watered with the best of our land, the Valencian quarry, which has always been an endless factory of quality and football. Cultivated in this Sports City where we are going to live long hours projecting what we want to do, accompanying that youth, quality and effort to accompany us in the first team and that all of you are proud of us. Because soon we want to see you cheering us up from the stands, we are going to draw together the first page of this new story. Amunt Valencia!