Raúl de Tomás postpones his arrival to the National Team

Debut and goal in the Copa del Rey, before the Sanse from his brother Rubén. The same in the garter belt premiere, before him Villarreal. And again in the following three days, against Athletic, Granada and Mallorca. Against Atlético de Madrid, he did not score strictly but an auction of his did impact on Stefan Savic to go up to the scoreboard. And the streak ended with Osasuna. Since he landed at Espanyol in January, Raúl de Tomás practically counted his goal matches, a cruising speed that this forced stop Due to the expansion of the COVID-19 it brakes dry in every way.

Was a open secret that, with such sharp aim, he could enter at any moment RdT in Luis Enrique's plans for the Selection. Four goals in 540 minutes played in LaLiga were enough argument, without going any further, to to have summoned in view of the friendlies already suspended next week against Germany and the Netherlands. And all this, in a normal scenario in which the Eurocup He was waiting around the corner. The striker's first minutes with Spain I would have cheered as much or more than he himself Spanish, since by contract it has stipulated that, in case of play with the national team, its termination clause will go from 60 to 70 million euros. A little further from their suitors or, in the worst case, a little closer to the club to materialize an astronomical sale.

No one would say that came from writing down a single official goal with the Benfica in mid-season (since he paid 20 million for his purchase to Real Madrid until he received the same amount from Cornellà-El Prat) a Raúl de Tomás who as a parakeet in LaLiga averages one target every 135 minutes, in an Espanyol on the verge of eviction that does not exhibit the most appropriate playing pattern for its characteristics. Only a Spanish striker in the domestic championship exceeds his average, and is Ángel Rodríguez Getafe with ten goals and one every 105 minutes.

Even top Spanish filmmakers this season, both with 11 goals, are under the average parakeet attacker. The Levante Roger Martí dial every 151 minutes, while Gerard Moreno, from Villarreal and former Espanyol, spends 187 minutes on each target. And the rest are also light years away.