Overview
- Valencia announced on Sunday that it had dismissed head coach Carlos Corberán, CEO of football Ron Gourlay and sporting staff Lisandro Isei, Hans Gillhaus, Andrés Zamora and Malek Shafei.
- The club said the move is meant to begin a new stage in its football management and promised to publish a reconfigured sporting structure and the next project in the coming days.
- Óscar Sánchez, the coach of the reserve team, will take charge of the first team on an interim basis and is expected to manage the next league match at Alavés.
- Sporting results were cited as the immediate cause: Valencia sit bottom of LaLiga after five matches with one point, one goal scored and ten conceded.
- The dismissals reverse this summer’s renewal of Corberán to 2028 and increase scrutiny of owner Peter Lim’s project, with potential knock-on effects for transfers, coaching hires and fan relations.