Editing Valencia CF (section)

===2010–2014: Debt issues and stability===
[[File:Albelda 2012.jpg|thumb|right|Over the course of 15 seasons and 481 official matches from 1997 to 2013, as well as serving as team captain, defensive midfielder [[David Albelda]] became one of the most recognisable players of Valencia CF.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/deportes/2013/08/07/actualidad/1375895041_910972.html|website=[[El País]]|title=Albelda se retira del fútbol profesional|date=7 August 2013|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802205320/https://elpais.com/deportes/2013/08/07/actualidad/1375895041_910972.html|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
No solution had yet been found to address the massive debt Valencia was faced with, and rumors persisted that top talents such as [[David Villa]], [[Juan Mata]], and [[David Silva]] could leave the club to help balance the books. In the first season of the new decade, Valencia returned to the Champions League for the first time since the 2007–08 campaign, as they finished comfortably in third place in the [[2009–10 La Liga]] standings. However, in the summer of 2010, due to financial reasons, David Villa and David Silva were sold to Barcelona and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], respectively, to reduce the club's massive debt. Despite the loss of two of the club's most important players, the team was able to finish comfortably in third place again in the [[2010–11 La Liga]] for the second season running, although they would be eliminated from the Champions League by German side [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] in the round of 16. In the summer of 2011, then-captain Juan Mata was sold to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] to further help Valencia's precarious financial situation. It was announced by club president [[Manuel Llorente]] that the club's debt had been decreased and that the work on the new stadium would restart as soon as possible, sometime in 2012.
[[File:DeporValencia.jpg|thumb|[[Deportivo de La Coruña]] vs. Valencia CF.]]

During the [[2012–13 Valencia CF season|2012–13 season]], [[Ernesto Valverde]] was announced as the new manager, but after failing to qualify for the Champions League, he stepped down and was replaced by [[Miroslav Đukić]]. On 5 July 2013, [[Amadeo Salvo]] was named as the new president of the club. Almost a month after Salvo was named president, on 1 August, Valencia sold star striker [[Roberto Soldado]] to English club [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] for a reported fee of €30&nbsp;million. Đukić was sacked six months into the [[2013–14 Valencia CF season|2013–14 season]] after just six wins in his first sixteen matches, Valencia's worst start to a season in fifteen years.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.espn.in/football/news/story/_/id/1653958/miroslav-djukic-dismissed-valencia-coach| work=[[ESPN]]| title=Djukic dismissed as Valencia coach| date=16 December 2013| access-date=13 August 2017| archive-date=13 August 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813144727/http://www.espn.in/football/news/story/_/id/1653958/miroslav-djukic-dismissed-valencia-coach| url-status=dead}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Juan Antonio Pizzi]] on 26 December 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.espn.in/football/story/1662721/valencia-appoint-antonio-pizzi-as-new-head-coach| work=[[ESPN]]| title=Antonio Pizzi hired by Valencia| date=26 December 2013| access-date=13 August 2017| archive-date=13 August 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813144729/http://www.espn.in/football/story/1662721/valencia-appoint-antonio-pizzi-as-new-head-coach| url-status=dead}}</ref> Under Pizzi, Valencia reached the semi-finals of the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]], where they lost to eventual winners [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] on away goals, and finished eighth in [[2013–14 La Liga|La Liga]] despite a disastrous start to the season.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0215-0e8a8b70556a-6e4482208c10-1000--last-gasp-sevilla-snatch-final-berth-from-valencia/| work=[[UEFA]]| title=Last-gasp Sevilla snatch final berth from Valencia| date=1 May 2014| access-date=13 August 2017| archive-date=16 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916111537/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2014/matches/round=2000473/match=2012678/postmatch/report/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-spain-valencia-coach-idUKKBN0F71RS20140702| work=[[UEFA]]| title=Valencia sack coach Pizzi, Nuno tipped to take over| date=2 July 2014| access-date=13 August 2017| archive-date=13 August 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813143734/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-spain-valencia-coach-idUKKBN0F71RS20140702| url-status=dead}}</ref>