Manu Morlanes is already a Espanyol player for one season. Villarreal and the perico club have not agreed on the same formula that was applied to the Almeria, a club that paid a transfer for the midfielder but, at the end of the season, returned to the yellow club for a million more than what he had paid the Andalusian club when executing the buyback. The player, whatever happens, will return to Castellón after June 30, 2022.
“It is a club with history, I am looking forward to starting. I want to help the team, give my best and I want it to be a good year. We hope to give many joys,” said the player to the official channels of the club. “I remember two years ago a lot of people moved and it was something remarkable. I saw a lot of people in a rival field. All the players who have been here had great words”he added.
Although the interest in the midfielder formed in Saragossa He comes from afar, it was not until last weekend that the operation was forged. Unai Emery gave the go-ahead and Espanyol, already released after The league signed the agreement with the clubs to inject more capital and unblock salary limits, it was done with the footballer, who has already been this Monday in Barcelona. He recorded a small video in the stadium in which he commented “hello parrots, I am already one of yours.”
Morlanes has undergone a medical examination at the Corachán Clinic and then has been with his representative eating in Lleida. The midfielder will be presented throughout the week, when he will join Vicente Moreno's team. The coincidences have resulted in Espanyol's rival being, precisely, Villarreal, who visits the RCDE Stadium this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The footballer, who comes from a good preseason and even participated in the European Super Cup, could already be part of the list.
Second signing and, now, the exits
The arrival of Morlanes is the second for Espanyol after that of the central Sergi Gómez, from Sevilla. The sports management has fished in two clubs that play European competition, although, yes, it is about two footballers who did not count for their coaches. After this operation, the club intends to lighten the departures already counted since the beginning of summer, such as those of Pol Lozano, Matías Vargas or Álvaro Vadillo. And bring two other footballers. There are still two market weeks left.