"I know it's hard because I have experienced at Real Madrid something similar," he said. "Things in life can change quickly, but the most important thing now is Valencia and we have to think only of football and to take this club forward.

"They remain part of the team as far as the players are concerned. We treat them like normal.

"There's not a lot you can do. We see them every day and we encourage them. And they know they have our support.

"Football is like any other business. One of your colleagues loses his job, what can you do?"