Alemany: It hurts to leave Valencia, we were in a moment to differ from the other 17 LaLiga clubs Valencia Discussed his departure

Mateu Alemany has expressed his disappointment at departing Valencia as he wanted to continue with the project he was working on.

Los Che's former general director has also indicated that the club have the potential to make a step forward and stand out from the rest in LaLiga Santander.

"If you win, don't touch anything. It's a basic code. I'm sorry to leave Valencia," Alemany said.

"I'm very sad and I don't understand it. And I'm looking for explanations. One is based on a public comment from the president [Anil Murthy].

"The top shareholder [Peter Lim] is entitled to change things. I am especially sad because Valencia are at a decisive moment to make an extraordinary leap.

"I thought when we got into the Champions League, rather than [winning] the Copa del Rey, we were doing things minimally well, without big things because nobody has asked for strange signings.

"We were in a moment when I thought that we could make a difference to the rest of the 17 teams that make up the Spanish League.

"It hurts me to leave Valencia because I was excited to continue and not change course when things are working.

"The only explanation I have is that they want things be done differently."

Alemany went on explain how the last two months' events led to his departure.

"I told Anil [Murthy] that my feeling is that there was a breakdown in the way to proceed and to relate to the owner, and that he intimated to me a lack of confidence and in the ways of acting," Alemany added.

"I understood that communication with Peter [Lim] was necessary to clarify the situation and that was my wish.

"I didn't think there was any other way than the friendly agreement to depart Valencia, because I was relieved of my powers as I had been working for the past 30 months at the club.

"There was no point in continuing, unless there were reasons that I don't know."

Lim couldn't find common ground with Alemany and former coach Marcelino in their talks in summer.

"The big deal of the summer was the signing of Maxi [Gomez from Celta Vigo] with the transfer of [Santi] Mina [to Celta] that was approved from the beginning," Alemany stressed.

"But then I realised that something was changing.

"There were two important trips to Singapore; one that I went with Marcelino that was important because we thought we were in a momentous summer, we wanted to clarify if there was any misunderstanding and continue along the same path we had gone in.

"That trip went well, most of the conversation was between the coach and Peter, and that was fine, but later there were frictions with the proposals that I was offering, and that was why there was another trip was at the end of August to see if there had been a change of model.

"There was confidence; we had to clarify ourselves or look for new ways.

"Then there were events that you know that led to the exits of Marcelino, [sporting director Pablo] Longoria and myself.

"What frictions can be there? Let the highest shareholder himself or Valencia answer that."