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Adam Clery

Why 'the world’s greatest football stadium' has been empty for 14 years

15 years ago, with the Champions League anthem still ringing in their ears, Valencia unveiled plans to move into a new, state-of-the-art home which was to be the pinnacle of supporter luxury and fan experience.

But right now, if you arrive into the city and took a 30-minute stroll to the Avenue de la Safor to where it sits, you wouldn't find the proposed 80,000-seater stadium, you'd find a building site – one that has laid dormant for a decade and cost four people their lives in the process. 

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