Yeah, his hometown is about 20 miles away from Valencia, and he played for their B team, until he quit playing to take up coaching, so can certainly understand why it would be hard for him to pass up the opportunity, definitely do not begrudge him taking the job.
As for Liam Manning, he is just one of a number of names who have been linked to the Albion job, how much truth there is in any of them remains to be seen.