One day after announcing its renewal, and before leaving for Tokyo to experience the adventure of the Olympic Games, Javi Puado launched a message to the fans on Espanyol channels, a few words that put an end to one of the most anticipated news of the summer. “I am very happy. I arrived when I was 16 years old, I went up to the first team and I achieved beautiful things. Staying and continuing in the team and in what is my city makes me feel happy,” he said.
Far from nomadic football, Puado still maintains his roots in Espanyol. Consider the Barcelona, who arrived from Damm, that getting a long contract of this type at the club that gave you the opportunity to be a professional is worth celebrating: “It is special. To arrive young and to go up, that the club has that confidence in me … All that makes this special. And even more so after what happened last year, which was a complicated course but returning to First does it. more different “.
From his debut with the first team in the 2018-19 season to the course of his growth, Puado always felt “loved”, both by fans, teammates and the club. “They supported me a lot. We have to continue with this great hobby.“, he remarked, who will be one of the banners (or icons, as the sports director, Francisco Rufete) said in the new year in First: “I focus on helping the team to achieve the objectives. We know it will be a difficult season, but we think it will be a good year, we can do a good job.”
And, above all, and before playing a Games without an audience in stadiums for the first time in history, Puado wants to be able to share great moments with fans at the RCDE Stadium, a circumstance that he misses: “Hopefully the fans can share moments with us, that they can see us, be with us and cheer us on”, he synthesized. Until the U23 team is eliminated or the Games are over, Espanyol will continue its preseason without Puado, without a doubt the parakeet of the moment.