“We are clear about the coaching profile we want”

Sunday Catoira is from this Friday the new sports director of the Espanyolthus closing the stage of Laundry as such, and has as its first task the hiring of the substitute of the former coach Vincent Moreno. “We are clear about the profile that the new coach has to have and the important thing is not the speed when it comes to closing it. We don’t have to be in a hurry, we have to be right. As for the candidates, just by looking at the press we know how big the club is. The important thing is that we get it right. We are clear about the steps we have to take“, said Catoira in his first appearance before the press being the head of the Espanyol sports area.

Sunday Catoira, until now technical secretary of the club, did not miss the opportunity to thank him for having been appointed to his new position and also showed a willingness to look forward. “I have to thank my wife and my daughters because they have suffered the lack of a husband and a father for a long time so that I can be here today. I also thank the president and CEO for their trust. Coming to Espanyol was the best decision of my life. With work, what I hope is to correspond to the unique opportunity that Espanyol gives me. In two years this club has shown me that it is special and has a soul, and it deserves to continue growing as a benchmark in Spanish football. The future has to be the hallmark of Domingo Catoira without detracting from all the work that has been done before. On Laundrymy personal journey speaks more of a club person than of the relationship with a specific person”, he explained.

Asked for names like those of Darder o Raul De Tomas, Catoira stressed that the club is above any individualism. “The project will be from Espanyol. Of course there are very important players. We cannot ignore what Darder or the quarry means. That is the essence of this club and hopefully we can revitalize it and excite all the fans. As for De Tomás, of course he too, but Espanyol has great merit in his recovery and current performance. I am not going to discover anything, it has a clause that is public and we refer to that situation, in no case are we putting players on the market, “he said.

Finally, and investigating the characteristics of the transfer market, Catoira He called for calm, taking into account the reality of it. “I don’t think you have to make a radical change to what was already planned, but each situation will be planned calmly. Current rules force clubs to be more reactive than proactive, but for that we work throughout the year and we will be prepared. I’m not overly concerned that it has to be this way. We have room for maneuver and with that we have to stay today. It is too soon to carry out a deep analysis of what the squad is going to be like,” he concluded.

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