Penalty scored Raúl de Tomás the goal that started the comeback on the last day of 2021, on December 31 at the Mestalla against Valencia (1-2). And wants to have a loud gesture in the first of 2022, which for Espanyol will take place on Monday January 10, at 9:00 p.m., in front of Elche. And in the RCDE Stadium. An event that coincides in time with its second anniversary since signing for the blue and white club, on January 9, 2020.
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“I would like to have a detail with whom you can attend on Monday the 10th against Elche in our stadium ”, explains RdT in a video broadcast through his Instagram account. “I would like to make a gift, a thank you to the fans for these years that I have been here at Espanyol“, get moving. And he ends, with a curious initiative: “I would like to distribute 50 t-shirts with my name”. “I hope that those of you who stay until the end of the game can get one. And if not, may it still be a special day and hopefully we can get the victory and that everything goes well “, ventures the forward.
Signed from Benfica, by 20 million fixed and other 2.5 variable, Raúl de Tomás has been perfectly integrated into a Espanyol in which in two years he has played 72 official matches –Between the First, Second Division and the Copa del Rey– and has scored 37 goals. That is to say, a target every 156 minutes. 2021 fired him with 20 points, a record that no Espanyol player reached from Jordi Lardín a quarter of a century ago, in 1996.
And he has publicly declared his love for the club. With its worth, his international debut with the Spanish National Team –Which automatically increased its buyout clause from € 60 million to € 70 million– and next year, it will surely become one of the protagonists of this 2022. For now, it already is because of his generous initiative.