Ten days after the League ended, two and a half weeks after the relegation was mathematical, Espanyol has finally made a decision official that not only was the social mass asking for popular acclaim, even unanimous, but it seemed unavoidable for everyone within the entity except for the president and owner. But Chen Yansheng reconsideredon Monday at the very first hour he communicated his resolution and now, with the bureaucratic formalities resolved, Domingo Catoira is the history of the parakeet club.
The sports director, who He joined Espanyol in June 2020 as technical secretary signed by Francisco Joaquin Perez Rufetereplaced precisely this one in the sports management in May 2022for which he has lasted just one year in office, the most responsible of his career. De Catoira is the hallmark of the 2022-23 season, in which Espanyol was relegated to Second Division for the sixth time in its long century of historyby making an irregular squad (without any winger, for example), having up to four goalkeepers and depending excessively on the sale of Raúl de Tomás, which was solved late and badly.
The signings of Cesar Montes (eight million), Edu Exposito (4,5), Jose Gragera (2,8) and Fernando Pacheco (2.2) were the largest investments during the brief period of Catoira, who in turn signed operations such as the barter of José Carlos Lazo by Adrián Embarbaand gave rise to figures from the blue and white institution such as Diego López, David López or Óscar Melendo. He intended to practice a real revolution, with 36 market movements between ups and downs, and what it achieved was to sink, along with many other factors, the team.
While Catoira is unofficially placed in the Deportivo de la Coruñawhere curiously he was about to end up before signing three years ago for Espanyol, The parakeet club has advanced the hiring of his replacementhow did it progress ACE He does have experience in sports management and is currently active in another club. Fran Garagarzaformerly of Eibar and now at Wolverhampton, is emerging as the main candidate.
