The conversation took place weeks ago, once the decline became inevitable. Espanyol called Marcelino García Toral to lead the project to return to Primera, and the Asturian coach was receptive. The rings did not fall for returning to Second, a category that he already directed to the command of other illustrious ones like Zaragoza, Villarreal or Recreativo, clubs that rose to the highest category.
However, the cache and the intentions of the coach collided with what Espanyol wants. Marcelino asked for a high salary, more than Espanyol was willing to pay, and, most importantly, he asked for full powers in the first team. The Asturian coach is characterized by dominating all areas, from medical services, his collaborators to a leading role in the preparation of the template. But the parrot club did not accept the requests of the former Valencia coach, who resigned this year due to interference in his plot and his relationship with the leaders.
Discarded this option, a dream that is quickly vanished, the club maintains other candidates, such as Vicente Moreno, right now the number one candidate to occupy the bench. The Valencian fits perfectly into the salary scale, his resume is a guarantee and his weight in the configuration of the technical team of the first team and the staff will not be as interventionist as that of Marcelino.