Valencia legend calls for “honest” Gary Neville to quit after Barcelona hammering

Gary Neville could do with a hug.

Maybe he could with seven of them, one for each goal his side conceded last night to a rampant Barcelona side. The former Manchester United full-back is under enormous pressure at the La Liga side, and is finding life moving real people around on a pitch is much harder than just dots on a screen on a Monday night. The England coach has vowed that he will not quit despite last night's thrashing, but it seems that at least one very vocal former player wants both Neville's to quit, and soon. Santiago Canizares was not a fan of Gary Neville getting the job in the first place before Christmas, and today he's been quoted as asking for the manager to quit after last night's embarrassment.

"I expected the coach's resignation, as well as some apologies. I may be ignorant, but I'm surprised he hasn't. I thought he was honest."

Neville saw his side taken apart in some style by Lionel Messi and four-goal hero Luis Suarez at Camp Nou, and Canizares, who played over 400 times for the club, wants the owner to ditch Neville.

"If Garcia Pitarch trusts in Gary as he said on Monday, I'm disappointed. If it's not like that, why did he say that? "If (Garcia Pitarch) lied to us, and tomorrow he proposes the sacking of the coach and it's not accepted, it's best if (Garcia Pitarch) leaves as well. "Worse than the loss, is giving up in the fight. We are facing a test of fire. To demand decisions is responsible, to give up isn't."