Was a Sunday afternoon, calm, because it is the first after the conclusion of LaLiga. Happy for the fans of Espanyol, because still they tasted the unexpected success achieved eight days earlier, on May 18, by qualifying for play in europe after 12 years of absence. But one news shook the foundation of the parakeet club, however much it was interpreted as a mere rumor: Joan Francesc Ferrer 'Ruby' was very close to land at Betis.
The advanced negotiations that the Onda Bética portal was advancing that May 26, 2019 were taken with absolute disbelief since he was a coach who had just made sure a continental competition and, above all, that beyond his job title he had a strong sentimental bonding with Espanyol. But it was barely a day and a half until the following Tuesday morning to confirm an earthquake whose magnitude, As it has been possible to verify until now, it has been devastating. Only by classification is already evident: from seventh place to the tail of the classification. On this day, May 31, his departure it was already doneor in the absence of compensation.
One of the keys to Rubi's 'espantá' dates back to May 20th, just two days after the European feat, when for that reason he called Chen Yansheng to staff and coaching staff to lunch very close to the beach of Castelldefels. Although there was warmth and smiles, that was the only encounter of the coach with the president, who did take advantage of those days in Barcelona to meet with the then technician of the subsidiary, David Gallego.
Rubi knew of the club's plans not obviously by Chen's voice, but from the next in the ranking. He would explain it himself days later, after completing his move to Betis: “Despite some promise made in the past that the outgoing season was the last one with difficulties, it is transferred to me that the the next course will also be a difficult year, since at a sports level it would be complicated to strengthen to be able to compete in better conditions. “
Chen Yansheng and Rubi, at the lunch in which access to Europe was celebrated.
RCD Espanyol
Then its message sowed some wonder and, above all, toraged furious criticism, knowing that in Villamarín they were going to multiply your emoluments. He hadn't even said goodbye to the players, who were puzzled.
But the season planning (with a summer divestment quelled in January when the situation was already critical) and the classification during the first 27 days they have caused the balance is no longer so inclined against Rubi but is going swinging in favor of arguments he wielded the technician and that and pushed him, beyond the forms and economic reasons, to leave Espanyol.