“My renewal? If we all make an effort, there should be no problem”

Sergi Darder, one of the undisputed leaders of Espanyol 2022-23 as himself Diego Martinez he has already dropped, he has reviewed the perica news, referring to his renewal (contract expires in 2023), one of the great concerns of the perica fans who fingers crossed for the ‘Wizard’ to follow blue and white for many more years.

the of Artà reassures the fansWell, if it depends on him, he wants to continue for a long time at the RCDE Stadium. “It does not depend only on me. Whether I stay or go, I will never be as happy as I am here and that is essential to face the renewal. Espanyol is my home, I have one year left on my contract and I’m not in a hurry,” has stated in a long interview granted to the program ‘Tot Gira’ of ‘Catalunya Ràdio’, which has given him the ‘Dani Jarque Trophy’. In line, he clarifies that “there are many aspects to take into account. Sports, psychological, vision of the future, economic… First, the club and my agent have to agree on economic terms, which I do not get involved in, and then see if the best for both parties it is the renewal or something else. I think that if we all make an effort there should be no problem”, he reassured.

Another issue to which the one of Artà gave birth was the option to wear the captain’s armband this year, after the march of David López and Diego López. He feels important and wants to be the captain. “If you asked me three years ago I would have said no, which is what I said when I was proposed to be. I have always been very clear with the club in all aspects, I was not prepared and I said it. Now the opposite , I feel ready to be captain and for everything, I have strength and confidence in myself, I would be excited”.

Darder he has also let go of his feelings about the new coach Diego Martínez after the first days of training. “I know that football will be ambitious. He wants us to go and provoke things and go to win. He made Granada CF a better team than ours, I didn’t want to play against them, I had a lot of possession and they were very uncomfortable, you played what they wanted”, he acknowledged.

Lastly, he referred to the possibility that Thomas Raul can ‘fly’ this summer. He does not even want to hear about a possible march of the top scorer. “The more important people stay, the better; good players want to be surrounded by good players. It’s great, it goes without saying what it means for us, he has a contract and we hope he stays,” he said.

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