“Next year, God willing, I'll be at Espanyol.” They had been, the last May 27, the last words in public as a parakeet player of Raúl de Tomás, who exactly two months later not only fulfills his 'promise' to remain in the blue and white squad – which is joined by a contract until 2026– on the return to Primera, but takes a run. To pronounce on this present season that begins, with an ambitious speech, and to thrashing again. Against Granada, this Tuesday, he scored his first goal of the 2021-22 campaign.
“When I got here, we were in the First Division and we had a whole slump,” recalls De Tomás about that second round two seasons ago that led to a sour decline. “But here we are again“, he stands out, with a certain premonitory air, as a 'top scorer' of Second that was last season. And as the leader of a speech that does not match that of the club, which marks salvation as the objective. “I do not like or want to talk about this year of permanence, I think we have to be winners, try to choose something else and if you do not give us, we will accept it. But we want to fight for things bigger than permanence“, sentence, from the stay in Marbella.
Define the season which starts like “tough but pretty“the forward, who does not hide that “I hope this year I can score a lot of goals, that we can do them all, and that we do well in LaLiga“And that, over and above the criticism that may arise in the losses, he considers that” we must be satisfied and happy with all the positive results that we are getting during the season, because it is going to be difficult. We must be grateful and value all positive results“.
“I would sign not to score any goals in the entire preseason and come to Osasuna and win”
In that sense, and despite the fact that Espanyol has not yet been able to win, Raúl de Tomás insists: “Do not get nervous. We all want to win and score goals but we must not give him that concern. The preseason is for this, to prepare for LaLiga. I would sign right now not to score any goals in the entire preseason and to reach Osasuna and win, which is the important thing. “LaLiga waits in just two and a half weeks.