Valencia are in disarray and must avoid LaLiga relegation ahead of the move to their new stadium.
That's according to European football journalists Kevin Hatchard and Andy Brassell as they sit winless at the bottom of Spain's top flight.
After their 1-0 defeat to Sevilla on Friday night, Valencia have just one point to show for their efforts with five matches played in LaLiga.
Carlos Corberan, formerly in charge of Championship side West Brom, has been sacked as head coach of his boyhood club amid their poor run.
Ex-Chelsea chief Ron Gourlay has also been dismissed from his role as CEO of Football at Valencia, who were crowned Spanish champions in the 2003/04 season.
They are now on a treacherous path towards what would be a shock relegation just months before moving into their new stadium.
Valencia will leave their iconic Mestalla for the 70,000-capacity Nou Mestalla, which is set to cost ã275million at completion and one of Spain's proposed venues for the 2030 World Cup.
However, Ches Blanquinegros have been warned that they cannot afford to be relegated to LaLiga 2 before their relocation.
Valencia were 'unforgivably terrible' at Sevilla
On Trans Europe Express, Hatchard said: "We started this with Mestalla, and the reason is it's a total mess at the Mestalla...
"Corberan, for a Valencia coach, has lasted a while, actually. He saved them from the drop in his first season, they improved upon that last season. But the truth is, this goes way beyond coaching...
"You invest nothing, what do you expect?" Brassell interjected, before Hatchard added: "This is about Peter Lim (owner), really, this is about the ownership, as it has been for a long, long time."
Brassell agreed and explained: "When you look at the fact that they're due to move into their new Mestalla, their new stadium that's been 20 years in the making, at the start of next season, they really need to be in the top flight for that.
"We're talking about a 70,000 stadium that's obviously going to have a part in the next World Cup. It's been through various different incarnations, abandonments, restructures.
"For ages, the facade and the foundations were just sitting there for people to look at, it was like a monument of folly, really. Whereas, now they're really close to doing it, they have to have a team that's worthwhile playing in it. 70,000 seats to fill is a lot.
"You go back to last week when they were playing against Barcelona... talking of Rodri, he's had a week where he's very much had his tail between his legs, because he got caught on TV saying to a couple of his Barcelona teammates, 'These lot are absolute rubbish'.
"Which is fine, obviously people say that sort of stuff to their teammates. Normally in the dressing room, or normally at the training ground, not in a stadium that's got 36 cameras in it and loads of other people taking social videos, and all the rest of it.
"Lip reading is the second Spanish national sport after watching football, it's very much a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday sort of thing, so he basically had to apologise for it.
"One of the last things that Corberan did as Valencia coach was say, 'I don't accept your apology', basically. Of course, he should have been apologising himself for the performance that they gave at Sevilla on Friday night.
"Sevilla are in an even bigger financial hole than Valencia - they made Sevilla look like France '98, they were absolutely, unforgivably terrible.
"I feel sorry for Corberan, but the last couple of performances have been dreadful. Even with the disquiet at the club and, as you say, it's nothing new, the performances have got to be better than that.
"I don't think they've got one of the worst three squads in the division, but Lim is going to have to put his hand in his pocket at some point."
Valencia drew 0-0 with Celta Vigo in their season opener before 1-0 and 3-1 defeats to Real Betis and Deportivo de A Coruna respectively.
A 5-0 thumping by Barcelona preceded the loss away at Sevilla, with Alaves and Real Sociedad up next before the international break.