This story isn’t that well known in the United States, but Spanish International David Albelda is threatening to take Spanish club Valencia to court over his falling out with new head coach Dutchman Ronald Koeman.

Koeman, the feisty former Dutch midfielder who took the Valencia job in the summer of 2007, has dropped Albelda, keeper Santiago Canizares and Miguel Angel Angulo for reasons Koeman has decided to keep private. But the former captain Albelda isn’t having any of it. After both he and Canizares signed contract extensions in the summer, both are desperate to quit the Mestalla and ready to go to the courts in order to get released from his contract as the club has said publicly that they won’t sell anyone.

This from his agent;

“The intent of the player was to reach a friendly agreement, but just as nobody actually informed him that he’d been discarded by the coach and president, the club ignored our request last week and, as of today, we have no response to our willingness to negotiate.”

“We should keep in mind that [David] is an employee with the same rights as any other employee,” the 30-year-old’s lawyer Francisco Giuillem informed Marca.

“David knows that this measure is not being taken against Valencia the club, but rather those within it that make the decisions.

“If the player was very hurt and upset by the decision to isolate him from the team, then the lack of response to the questions and faxes of the past 26 days have puzzled him, and he’s faced with a situation that he does not believe he deserves either as a player or as team captain in recent years.”