José María Durán, CEO of Espanyol, wanted to convey this Tuesday optimism for the future of the team Vincent Moreno in the season, when questioned about the recent bad results that the team has chained and that has caused the alarms to go off.
“I want to convey optimism about seeing the glass half full or half empty. We are on a path of growth and improvement, we come from where we come from and we have a roadmap. We would like to win every game, like the fans, but this It’s not the PlayStation. I am very proud of the team. We don’t like losing games but I think we’re on the right track, we are very optimistic”, said Duran at the presentation ceremony Tonny Vilhena as a new parakeet player.
Already on the market in perica key, Rufete, sports director, has been required for two pending renewals of homegrown players, two hot potatoes, Melendo and Pedrosa. In both cases, the director has left everything up in the air, reaffirming that the club wants both to continue and that they will do everything possible, but that it also depends on the predisposition of the other party.
“We are negotiating. If the two parties want it to be here, and we are very clear about it, we will reach an agreement. If the other party doesn’t see it so clearly, we’ll see what happens. When you make an offer, it’s because you want the player to be here.” Rufete said about Melendo who is already free to negotiate with other clubs when the contract ends next June and has not yet been renewed.
Similar speech about negotiations with Pedrosa, whose contract ends in 2023. “We continue negotiating. Our intention is for him to stay. He is a home player, he came up without anyone seeing him and he is giving us a very important performance,” he assessed. And he stated: “We will put everything for him to stay, but here there is not only one part, the club, but another that can assess if it is time to leave and continue growing.
Asked about the current market and the possibility that reinforcements arrive in this final stretch, Rufete does not rule it out although remember that the squad has 25 closed files and that the salary limit is very fair. Some player must leave so that another enters, as long as it is a good opportunity and that the club issuing facilities, such as has done the Krasnodar with Vilhena.
“We have occupied the salary cap with Tonny Vilhena. For there to be any way out, we have to find an opportunity for a player and for the footballer to see it as correct. We have all 25 chips occupied. We’ll see what happens because in the last week of the market things happen and the clubs move a little more. We couldn’t have brought Tonny Vilhena si el FK Krasnodar He wouldn’t have given us a hand. In the winter market, the important thing is to bring a player who can contribute. We are always working hard to take advantage of situations that could give us something in January”, explained ‘Rufo’.
Lastly, he has advanced that right now, there is no firm operation for any player from Moreno’s squad to leave: “There is some interest, but there is no move that is close. In the case of Álvaro Vadillo, he has left because he hadn’t played for a long time and it was important that he did it again. If any club wants a player of ours, they have to be willing to make an effort.”