valencia have appointed former napoli manager gennaro gattuso as their new boss on a twoyear deal following the exit of jose bordalas the la liga club announced on thursdaygattuso a former ac milan and italy midfielder managed serie a club napoli from 201921 and led them to a coppa italia titlethe 44yearold was named fiorentina manager last summer but he left before his official start date with no reason given for his exitvalencia finished ninth in laliga in the 202122 season failing to qualify for any european competition for a third straight seasonthe club were in turmoil last month following leaked audio recordings of their president anil murthy making offensive comments the spanish club initially defended his actions but he was eventually sacked