Espanyol laid the foundations for a return to First Division on Monday

Just a few hours after the Spanish lost in Alcorcón but said goodbye to his year in Second with the category title, in Espanyol a key summit took place with the next season as the target. The entire sports area – with the sports director, Francisco Joaquín Pérez Rufete, Coach, Vicente Moreno, and the technical secretary, Domingo Catoira, in command – held a long meeting in which the foundations of the return to First, with the peculiarities of an immobile market in which once again the movements will be scarce due to the restrictions of The league in the salary limit and in the power of maneuver that the clubs have.

In this meeting, the first objective was to evaluate what happened this season, especially in the performance of the footballers of the first team and those players of the subsidiary who have had opportunities. After this first diagnosis, in which cases such as those of Matías Vargas, Álvaro Vadillo or Pol Lozano, the players who have had less minutes this campaign, went to the next aspect.

Espanyol is aware that it has to improve the squad to be able to save the category without haste. Also on the table positions were discussed and some profiles with which the technical secretariat has been working during the season began to be elucidated, waiting to really know the economic conditions to face these possible operations that should be accompanied by some exit.

The third aspect concerns the preseason. Espanyol will return to work the week of July 5, when the physical tests and medical tests will begin. Afterwards, a preparation that will have as its starting point Sant Adrià and from which a stay outside of Catalonia is not ruled out. LaLiga also has to pronounce on the protocols for the First teams next season.