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Failure to sign West Ham loanee Zaza was final straw for Prandelli at Valencia

Cesare Prandelli has highlighted Valencia's inability to sign striker Simone Zaza as the reason behind his exit from the La Liga club.

Prandelli resigned as Valencia head coach after just three months in charge in late December, accusing the team of being run by "numbers people".

Prandelli also hit out at Valencia for their failure to guarantee the reinforcements he requested, after senior club officials accused the former Italy boss of "giving up and abandoning ship".

And Prandelli took aim at Valencia again, with the Italian telling SER Deportivos Valencia : "I felt undermined.