The president of the Espanyol Chen Yansheng has opened this Monday the General Meeting of Shareholders of the entity with a message addressed to the blue and white fans, their first public appearance after the promotion of Vicente Moreno's team.
Chen, who had not spoken since July 9, has insisted that prudence must mark the path of Espanyol on its return to the First Division and reaffirms its support for the entity with the new economic injection in the form of a capital increase that will provide stability to the club and competitive capacity facing the new transfer market.
The president of Espanyol recalled that “a little over a year ago I spoke to everyone and at the club we are focused on giving Espanyol back where it deserves. And a little over ten months later we have managed to return to First Division and we have shown the strength of this club through the values of persistence and union ”.
Chen has been optimistic and convinced that with the injection of the capital increase, approved today, the club is taking a very important step. “In these months, like every parakeet, I am more convinced that never of our future possibilities and opportunities if we continue together on the road. I have absolute confidence in the viability of capitalizing the loan to provide the club with greater stability ”, he explained.
In line with the maximum shareholder perico has explained that “we have had a reduction that will make us end the deficit, therefore and as to show my confidence, the Board will capitalize the loans given to the club to compensate for the deviation of expenses sports template. With this ratification we will take an important step towards the competitive capacity of the club, convinced that if we stabilize soon, our medium-term scenario is exciting ”.
For Chen, Espanyol's season has been an example of the strength thatue the club has when it is “united” and that these values that have been demonstrated in LaLiga SmartBank. “These values will help us achieve what we set out to do.”
Some objectives that in the medium term cannot be very ambitious, you cannot fight for high levels. The president himself bet now for “prudence”, a term that he repeated. “Past experiences determine that we have to act with prudence and humility. The next campaign we must consolidate the changes we have made and the progress of the team. You have to be prudent and accept the context of difficulty, but with ambition “, he reiterated.
Chen, as is customary in his speeches, once again made use of Chinese proverbs to illustrate his reflections: “The process of sharpening the strength of a sword and the cold winter scents the plum blossom.” ANDn that winter Espanyol survived in the Second Division and reaching spring should now be the club's goal. To do this, Chen recalled that “there is commitment at the economic level.”
By last the president thanked the staff for their efforts and the coaching staff for having achieved the goal of promotion, although it has stopped especially, in thanking the Perica fans.
“The fans gave us a lesson in support with their social actions or accompanying the team. ANDI am proud to be president. Your energy is a treasure and it must be a stone to build the future. We have internalized a lesson that we must take away. Humility must always be present in the entity ”, he insisted.