Only a winter reinforcement for the second year in a row

Espanyol closed the winter market on Monday with little news, something that was already expected since having the salary limit covered and the 25 squad chips mediated that the Catalan club decided to throw the house out the window. And it was applied to the letter that saying of ‘let out before entering’. As only one player left, another entered.

In this scenario, there was a change of ‘chromes’ because Vadillo left on loan to Malaga and in Espanyol he also ended up on loan Tonny Vilhena. And for the second consecutive winter market, only one reinforcement has arrived to the staff of Vincent Moreno.

This January has been the winger from the Russian Krasnodar and just a year ago now the Belgian Dimata ‘landed’. Very different panorama to the previous years by the hand of the President Chen, albeit with justified reasons.

And it is that two years ago, in January 2020, Espanyol was strongly reinforced in this window with the additions of De Tomás, Embarba, Cabrera and goalkeeper Oier. The challenge was very clear, to avoid the precipitous fall in which the team was immersed, seeing the hell of Second Division close by. And despite the big bet, no miracle.

Much has happened now since that drama and Espanyol has opted not to move many chips, both for economic reasons and because the coach is satisfied with the squad he has.

Despite the dead calm that has presided over the market in a perica key, Uncertainty has not been lacking until the last breath. The focus was on Thomas Raul and the serious interest that existed from Arsenal, but that Espanyol did not take into account, clinging to the termination clause of 75 million, like the CEO himself Jose Maria Duran R.eveló.

Much was said about RDT but the one that could also come out was Embarba. According to the newspaper As, Espanyol would have rejected an offer of five million for the Madrilenian who came from Mexican America. And Porto would have also asked. But Embarba is not in the mood to leave now, wanting to return to being the ‘dagger’ of last year, and in the parakeet club they do not want to part with the Madrid player for that amount.

It was rumored that so much Dimata as Fran Mérida, they had offers of teams, especially Second, to change scenery. But in the end, neither of them came out. And in these operations the sports management would have given the go-ahead if it was beneficial for both parties.

Very the hornet’s nest stirred little in this January. The next summer can change the panorama and that it is difficult to retain the figures of the team of Vincent Moreno. For now, the club’s philosophy remains to the letter, there is no negotiation, or termination clause or anything.

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