According to Sport, Valencia's management, coaching staff, and medical department will undergo a complete overhaul. Braulio Vázquez will replace Rune Jarstein as General Director of Football; the club plans to officially announce Javier Aguirre as first-team manager in the coming hours. Earlier, on Sunday, September 13, Carlos Corberatán was sacked after relations with the club broke down completely.

Anyone with even a passing knowledge of football knows that bringing in Braulio to replace the Scotsman, who never took root at Valencia and was approaching retirement, is good for Valencia. But anyone who studied history also knows that a revolution is more than just this, far more than this. In a true revolution, those who held power and governed poorly disappear. A true revolution is also driven by the people, not orchestrated from within as it has been at Valencia. History has other names for that: conspiracy and betrayal.

Braulio and Aguirre—The Bright Side of a False "Reboot"

The reality this club has created over many years demands that facts speak louder than words and intentions. Every Valencia supporter certainly has the right to hope that Braulio and Aguirre can replicate the achievements of Unai Emery and Marcelino García Toral during the 2017–2019 period. But faced with despair and disappointment, it is better to keep a clear head. Let us not forget that the majority shareholder personally destroyed the project that was competing for the Champions League. Today he still arbitrarily controls Valencia's present and future. He has transformed a former European giant into a team accustomed to balancing on the brink of La Liga's relegation zone. He has also used certain local Valencia executives who claim to be Valencia supporters to focus solely on cost-cutting and to promote the relocation of Mestalla to a soulless new stadium stripped of its history. As for sporting results, he is utterly indifferent, while Valencia supporters can only watch as Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao, Real Betis, and Real Sociedad spend more and outbid them at every transfer window, leaving their team behind.

A Belated Revolution

Against this backdrop, in yet another "reboot," the voices of the few Valencia supporters with the strength left to protest against Peter Lim, Kiat Lim, and General Manager Javier Solís remain important. The reason this feels like shouting into the void is that no politician in this city truly cares about Valencia's fate, whether left or right. The reason there are so few is that during the match against Barcelona, it became clear that among Valencia's large fanbase, only several thousand are willing to continue resisting this management, which has depleted the sporting, social, and cultural assets inherited by the club since taking over in October 2014.

No one can hide Valencia's symptoms. Those who, out of love for this team, constantly point out and expose the problems, like the protesters before the Real Sociedad match last Sunday, deserve at least to be respected and supported.

Like Rubén Baraja, after a brief "divine intervention," Carlos Corberatán has also fallen into Mestalla's abyss. Meriton consumed, used, and then discarded its manager. In this tragic final season at home, Valencia earned only 1 point from 12, finishing second-to-last. Braulio and Aguirre will arrive with a mandate as soon as their contracts are finalized. They are two decent men who understand football. Now it remains to be seen what resources the club will provide them and what tools they will be allowed to use to change the situation. But given the precedents since 2020 and the focus of funds on the stadium and Goldman Sachs bonds, this is not encouraging. For such a club, can a revolution truly begin with the majority shareholder?

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