Valencia boss apologises to fans for 2016
Valencia's club president has apologised to fans for the team's poor performance in 2016.
Layhoon Chan, who runs the Spanish top-tier side for Singaporean owner Peter Lim, says it "has been a difficult year and I want to ask forgiveness from all of Valencia's fans for the poor season."
Valencia has won only three matches in 15 rounds of the Spanish league, leaving it just above the relegation zone near the midpoint of the campaign.
Very little has worked for Valencia for the last two seasons.
Coaches Nuno Espirito Santo, Gary Neville and Pako Ayesteran have all been fired, and the team continues to struggle under current boss Cesare Prandelli.
Its last league loss, a 3-2 defeat at Real Sociedad, was too much for some supporters, who kicked and punched the players' bus when it returned to the club's training centre.
"We are going to keep working to find solutions," Chan said on Saturday.
"In this special season I want to send a message of hope, perseverance and confidence for the future."
Valencia is the last team other than Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid to win the league title - in 2004. And many of Valencia's faithful hoped that Lim's purchase of the then debt-ridden club would usher in another winning era.
