{"id":292528,"date":"2023-09-29T10:37:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T10:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=292528"},"modified":"2023-09-29T10:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T10:37:32","slug":"gary-neville-admits-the-valencia-job-was-too-much-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/gary-neville-admits-the-valencia-job-was-too-much-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville admits the Valencia job &apos;was too much for me&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gary Neville admits the Valencia job &#8216;was too much for me&#8217; and says he &#8216;let down&#8217; owner and Salford investor Peter Lim with his dismal spell in charge of the LaLiga side<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Neville was appointed Valencia boss in December 2015 but lasted four months\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sky pundit retains fond memories of the city but admits he was ill-prepared\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gary Neville has admitted the Valencia job &#8216;was too much for me&#8217; but still has some fond memories of his time with the LaLiga club.<\/p>\n<p>The former England and Manchester United defender was a shock appointment at the Mestalla in December 2015, his first managerial role in football.<\/p>\n<p>He was fired on March 30, 2016 having won 10, drawn seven and lost 11 of his 28 matches at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>The Sky Sports pundit hasn&#8217;t taken another managerial post since and still feels he let Valencia owner Peter Lim down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I learned a lot on a personal level. I&#8217;ve always spoken very openly and frankly about my time in Valencia,&#8217; Neville said in an interview with Marca.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/09\/75968387-12574507-image-a-36_1695977598399.jpg\" height=\"466\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville has admitted the Valencia job &#8216;was too much for me&#8217; following his unsuccessful stint in charge at the Mestalla in 2015-16<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/09\/75968385-12574507-image-a-38_1695977731980.jpg\" height=\"479\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary took the job with brother Phil as his assistant but they struggled to make it work<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/09\/75968383-12574507-image-a-39_1695977758652.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Neville still feels like he let Valencia owner and his own business partner Peter Lim down<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I feel like I let Peter and the fans down. The Valencian fans are some of the most passionate you can meet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I walked around the city, people supported me and wished me well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Obviously, I lost too many matches, but I really enjoyed me time there. I loved the people and the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I felt like I let Peter down &#8211; he trusted me a lot and invested a lot of money in the club, and I wanted to do well for him, but also for football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I moved there with my family and really committed to the challenge. I wanted to succeed during the five months I was supposed to be there, but I just couldn&#8217;t get the results for the team and in the end it was too much for me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked what went wrong, Neville replied: &#8216;I was a young English coach, I didn&#8217;t speak the language, I arrived at a difficult time and the truth is that it was too much for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I couldn&#8217;t be more positive about Valencia and I&#8217;m very sorry for not being able to offer them the results they wanted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am a football man, I love football and it was a shame that I couldn&#8217;t succeed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/09\/75969273-12574507-image-a-40_1695977859723.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Neville won just 10 of 28 matches at the helm during his four-month stint at Valencia<\/p>\n<p>It hasn&#8217;t stopped Singaporean businessman Lim investing in League Two club Salford City, where Neville owns a 10 per cent stake.<\/p>\n<p>Valencia fans protested against Lim&#8217;s ownership at their recent LaLiga match against Atletico Madrid, waving signs that read &#8216;Lim go home&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The club finished 16th in the table last season, avoiding relegation by just two points.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12574507\/Gary-Neville-admits-Valencia-job-says-let-owner-Salford-investor-Peter-Lim-dismal-spell-charge-LaLiga-side.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Neville admits the Valencia job &#8216;was too much for me&#8217; 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