Espanyol grows three years

Waiting for the market to close and for the Espanyol squad to be fully configured, there is for the moment a certainty. Vicente Moreno's team gains experience, players with matches in First, and the age measure rises practically three years compared to last year. Players like Vidal, 31, or Sergi Gómez, 29, together with the march of Lluís López, 24, help to this average is practically 27 years, for the 24 of the previous year.

Up to ten Espanyol players are above that figure. The veteran is Diego López, with 39, the oldest player to wear the blue and white. He is followed, by far, Dídac Vilà, 32 years old, while with 31 they are Oier Olazábal, Vidal, David López and Fran Mérida. Leandro Cabrera Add 30 to 20 for Gómez, Wu Lei and Adrián Embarba. Sergi Darder would be the player who unites the two generations, at 27, as RdT, who is 26.

The sports management also wants to release three players who are below that average, such as Pol Lozano (21), Matías Vargas (24), Víctor Gómez (21) and Álvaro Vadillo (26). The age of the players who land could still increase the average, which according to the Tranfermarkt portal is the highest in the last two decades at this point.

The three characteristics of the parakeet market

The market is characterized by three aspects. The first of them is austerity. Espanyol has only spent one million euros, an amount that they paid to Sevilla for Sergi Gómez. Aleix Vidal arrived as a free agent and Manu Morlanes, on loan. The sports management did have to make an expense before June 30 when executing the purchase of Nanny Dimata (2.2), Álvaro Vadillo (1.8) and Miguelón (500,000).

The second aspect is the experience in the category. Last year Francisco Rufete prioritized players with matches in the Second Division and who have experienced a promotion, such as Óscar Gil, Miguelón or Fran Mérida. The profile this year are players with a certain level of First Class who have played European competitions. Two of the three signings put that together, a third noteworthy aspect of the newcomers.