Valencia sell Coquelin to Villarreal as pressure on owner Lim mounts

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.valenciacf_en have sold midfielders Francis Coquelin and Dani Parejo to LaLigaEN rivals Villarreal, both sides said on Wednesday, heaping further criticism on owner Peter Lim over his management of the club. | IOLSport

Former Valencia goalkeeper Santi Canizares has led the criticism on social media, while supporters group Salvem Nostre Valencia has called for a protest later on Wednesday outside the club's Mestalla stadium.

Lim, who bought the club in 2014, made the surprising decision to sack Marcelino last year soon after he led the club to Copa del Rey glory and qualification for the Champions League for a second consecutive season. The team declined under successor Albert Celades, who was later sacked in July, eventually finishing ninth in the league and missing out on European football.Valencia also sold promising youngster Ferran Torres, believed to be one of the brightest hopes in Spanish football, to Manchester City earlier this month for €23 million.

Lim has also received criticism from the city's vice mayor for failing to fund the construction of the club's unfinished Nou Mestalla stadium where work began in 2007 but was halted in 2009 due to Spain's economic crisis.

 

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