Layhoon Chan, president of Valencia, seems not to be here but she is… His attention was drawn absence in the staging of Rubén Baraja’s contract extension but the leader of the club is “Peter Lim”, as she herself has said and has publicly championed it. The point is that Valencia follows that particular model in management – through processes – and how could it not be otherwise, all of them they tend to become lethargic over time. The person in charge of the club, with that vision of Singapore, continues to be the figure of Layhoon. Although She has been missing from public life for a long time, she maintains that internal strength. The one that so differentiates the ‘Valencia de Valencia’ from the ‘Valencia de Singapore’, despite the rapprochements that can be deduced with the executives of the Turia capital and who manage the most direct day-to-day operations. But the last word is always and will be Layhoon’s by Lim’s voice which is the system implemented that differentiates it from ‘local management’.
That public appearance where the president She felt that they attacked her, it was the end of Layhoon in that type of appearances -at least so far-. Since then, zero. The balance of the last market was through an interview in the club’s official support and posteriorly the General Meeting of Shareholders, last December, where he took stock of that institutional message in presentation mode and there was nothing else on his part.
He effect that Layhoon leaves is that he does not want to expose himself. But far from appearing a dubious ‘weakness’He still has that internal strength that gives him the sense of ownership that Peter Lim has.. Because he did not even appear in the photograph of Rubén Baraja’s contract extension agreement until 2026. Possibly because he would not be in Valencia, but how many times have the events been postponed in order to give shape to a renewal waiting for the president.
The president was not, in this case, present at the Baraja expansion ceremony. /VCF
Directly convey Lim’s ideas
Then there is the management capacity of ‘Valencia de Valencia’ that is trying to move forward while waiting for Singapore’s final decision. But Layhoon remains ‘alive’ even though she does not appear publicly. In fact, as MARCA has learned, In recent weeks, the president has held in-person meetings with football players’ agents to try to resolve certain market issues.. A direct deal where they have learned about Lim’s plan in managing certain cases.
has sat down ‘face to face’ without the presence of the Valencia management branch. A detail to keep in mind that the process remains the same.
Planning is complex in a club like Valencia. It’s already coming from behind. The ‘modus operandi’ is what it is. It is an implemented work system. Everything happens several thousand kilometers away and the decisions that can be made can come back with approval or failure days later…. when In football, management requires, not millimetric immediacy, but speed in decision-making.
