The Espanyol has made official this Friday the dismissal of Vicente Moreno as coach of the blue and white team. The news, which broke in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday, was pending official Confirmation, which has come in the form of an official statement.
Together with Vicente Moreno, he has also been dismissed Joaquin Perez Rufete who until now exercised functions of sports director of the entity.
Laundry was widely discussed by a large part of the Spanish supporters, who pointed to it as responsible of many wrong decisions that at the time precipitated the team to relegation and currently, to that phase of null ambition that led to five days without winning, in which only one of fifteen was won.
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This is the full statement from Espanyol:
“An agreement has been reached with Francisco Joaquín Pérez Laundry for the no renewal of his responsibility as Sports Director of the Club. The blue and white entity appreciates the work of the former player and now former Sporting Director perico throughout these years in which, after a painful relegation, he contributed to the return to the First Division and the consolidation in the category.
Rufete, until now sports director of Espanyol
On the other hand, RCD Espanyol has decided to non-continuity of Vicente Moreno as coach of the first team. The Club recognizes and appreciates the work of the Valencian coach and his technical staff in these two seasons in which he achieved promotion and consolidation in the highest category.
Chairman Chen Yansheng and his Board of Directors want thank all of them for their work for achieving the goals set this season and his commitment to the entity in difficult times”