The Covid-19 pandemic had a severe impact on the salary of La Liga football clubs. At a virtual press conference earlier this month, La Liga President Javier Tebas named Valencia as one of the clubs who would be taking the biggest financial hit in terms of salary due to the pandemic. But the current financial strain has not hampered Valencia’s determination to pull through.
In a virtual press conference with reporters this week, Valencia Executive President Anil Murthy revealed details about ‘Project Academy’ and said that the ongoing health crisis has presented an opportunity to the club to build academy players and grow them into first-team footballers.
“I know I am speaking some lofty and big ideas about opportunities. This issue of financial problems gave us an opportunity to do something we wanted to do for a long time that is to try and build a team fueled by the academy to give us a strong identity,” Murthy replied to a question asked by Hindustan…