According to Marca, Valencia will spend nearly 6 million euros to dismiss its coach and CEO.

According to Marca, Valencia president Peter Lim has decided to dismiss Corberan and Murthy at a cost of nearly 6 million euros.

The Lim family has not set foot in Mestalla for seven years. Valencia president Peter Lim was humiliated during the match against Barcelona and hastily left the VIP box. After that, he decided to overhaul the entire sports structure, blaming his friend and CEO Murthy for the club's decline. A long-time family friend who supports Valencia reminded me a few months ago: "That Scotsman they hired is an actor." I still have doubts about this assessment.

Lim's pride was hurt when he left Mestalla with his head bowed in front of Joan Laporta. That day, he decided that Corberan and Murthy were no longer worth keeping. Lim returned to Singapore to seek his father's approval and prepared to spend nearly 6 million euros to dismiss both. After securing approval, Lim made the decision without hesitation: let them go and start fresh.

It is clear that Valencia cannot avoid relegation with Corberan and Murthy in charge. The two together created the most mediocre squad in the club's history, and even Lim, who is not very knowledgeable about football, realized he had been deceived. A week ago, Murthy was still claiming that everything was progressing well and the team was improving, but the club was continuously deteriorating. Lim went to watch the Barcelona match intending to maintain this façade, but there was clearly no chance.

The only one who kept his position was general manager Javier Solis. He had previously been excluded from football affairs and thus kept his job. All indications suggest it was Solis who advised Lim: either dismiss everyone, or prepare explanations to give your father when you return home.

Corberan and Murthy should not have been retained at the beginning of the season. In a normal club, they would never have survived this long. But both kept insisting that everything was proceeding smoothly, and as a result, they were fired before mid-September. They brought this upon themselves.

The problem now is that Valencia must rebuild with a depleted and underperforming squad. The successor faces a huge challenge, but with serious work, Valencia should be able to get back on track. Coaches get fired if they don't win games, and football executives get fired if they don't perform, regardless of whether the Lim family remains in power.

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