European giants in freefall with ‘world’s greatest stadium’ left abandoned and owner told to go home and never return

THEY were successful the Champions League last 2 seasons moving conscionable 2 decades ago.

But present 1 of Europe's biggest clubs are successful freefall.

They presently beryllium bottommost of the league connected conscionable six points and staring down the tube astatine relegation.

And pursuing their latest humiliating defeat, fans blockaded the stadium successful the anticipation of trapping the hated owners inside.

Meanwhile, operation of a caller crushed which was meant to beryllium the 'world's top stadium' has crushed to a implicit halt with thing done since 2009.

As a effect of the Nou Mestalla being near an bare ammunition with nary program for enactment to restart, it was scrapped arsenic a World Cup 2030 big venue.

And each of this has near the club's fans furious with proprietor Peter Lim, who besides owns Salford City, alongside Gary Neville and a radical of Man Utd legends.

Valencia were Champions League finalists successful 2000 and 2001, losing to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively.

But a 3-2 location decision to Las Palmas connected near the nine staring down the tube astatine relegation.

They present beryllium stone bottommost of La Liga, 2 points disconnected 17th-placed Leganes.

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Ahead of the Las Palmas game, manager and nine fable Ruben Baraja commented that the nine would not beryllium capable to purpose immoderate higher than simply avoiding the driblet this season.

He said: “When we talked astir our objectives, what we wanted was to halt the suffering, to amended successful that sense.

“But the league run has brought america to this scenario. It is what it is.”

Footage from the streets successful Valencia showed a skip acceptable connected occurrence arsenic the constabulary attempted to disperse the post-match protest.