Outgoing Valencia coach Cesare Prandelli was fiercely criticised yesterday for "giving up" on the ailing Spanish giants and for looking for excuses to walk out on the team as they hover above the relegation zone. The former Italy coach announced his resignation from Valencia after just 91 days in charge, in which he won only one of eight league games and left the six-time La Liga champions level on points with the relegation zone. Prandelli was reported to have lost faith with Valencia after he was told he would not be able to sign the five players he had been promised by the club's billionaire owner Peter Lim in a meeting in Singapore last month. Valencia chief executive Anil Murthy gave a very different version of events in a news conference yesterday, slamming the Italian for walking out on the club at a critical time. "He had no solutions to offer, he said this challenge was not for him, he has given up. "In summary, he wanted to leave and was looking for excuses to leave. He earned six points in three months, there's no excuses for that," said Murthy. During his short reign Prandelli did not hide his feelings about the players' lack of commitment, remarking in December the...
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