He Valencia The arrival of the coach was made official on Monday through a video on his social networks Javi Grace to his bench with a contract until June 30, 2022.
Javi Grace, 50, reaches the Valencia after having trained in his career the Cádiz, Almería, Osasuna, Málaga, Rubin Kazan Russian and Watford English, among other teams.
The technician from Navarra has been chosen after the options for José Bordalás or Ruben Baraja after a fateful season in which the Valencia has had three coaches (Marcelino García Toral, Albert Celades and Voro González) and has been left out of the European competitions for the next academic year.
Javi Grace will assume command of Valencia with the aim of putting the sports project on track, although it will have the condition of a significant reduction in the budget and the possible exit of several of the heavyweights from the dressing room, although with the fight for European positions as a necessity.
The arrival at Valencia of Javi Grace It comes after the Pamplona coach has spent almost a year without training after his departure from Watford English in September of last year.
In the Spanish League his work in the Malaga, which ended the championship in the eighth and ninth places of courses 14-15 and 15-16, a season since which he has not returned to train in Spain after testing in the Rubi Kazan and later in the English team.
It so happens that in the Malaga coincided with Michael
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Javi Grace becomes the seventh coach since arrival Peter Lim as the owner of the entity after Nuno Espirito Santo, Gary Neville, Pako Ayestarán, Cesare Prandelli, Marcelino García Toral and Albert Celades, not counting the house technician Voro González, who has had to assume command on several occasions during this period.
In the video with which the Valencia has announced the arrival of Grace the technician's voice is heard: “The Valencia It 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 ”.
He Valencia He will present his new coach at a telematic press conference this Tuesday, July 28 at 6:30 p.m.