The really surprising thing is not that they want to replace the current sports director, but where they will look for his replacement
The management of the current sports director the RCD Espanyol, Rufete, is beginning to be questioned, and parakeet managers would already have the solution. After several meetings, they have decided that the person in charge of the signings is no longer the Alicante. However, they will wait until the end of the current season to make his departure official.
The solution would lie in nothing more and nothing less than the eternal rival, the FC Barcelona. This is how they have made it known since the blue and white environment, and this has been confirmed by several official voices of Espanyol. the parakeet president chen yanshengwould be trying to contact the current technical secretary of the culé club.
It is not the first time that the relief of Rufete arrives at Espanyol
The person who could take over as sporting director from next season had already been at the Spanish club between 2007 and 2012. We are talking about Ramón Planes, from Lleida, current technical secretary of FC Barcelona. His work at the Barça entity has been marked by ups and downs, but he has also done a good job.
His achievements have been highlighted in the board of directors of Espanyol, and today he is a strong candidate to occupy the position that Rufete has today. Next season will be marked by several goals, so they need a strong manager capable of closing the signings that Vicente Moreno is asking for now.
This is the trajectory of Ramón Planes, the possible relief of Rufete in Espanyol
The Lleida native began his career as a director at Unió Esportiva Lleida, going through almost all the minor categories. In 1999 he held his first important position, that of sports director of CD L’Hospitalet until 2003. Then he went to Racing de Santander to hold the same position until 2005. In that same year, he became part of the sports management of Alavés Although it only lasted a year.
In 2006 he returned to Lleida to take the position of sports director for 2 years. Finally in 2007 he arrived at the Espanyol facilities to join the Technical Secretariat. It was until 2009 when he took the leadership of the perica technical direction. For 2014, he arrives in England to be part of Tottenham until 2015. A year later he arrives at Elche and then goes to Rayo Vallecano. Finally, in 2018 he joined the Barcelona secretariat and in 2020 he was appointed technical secretary of the Blaugrana club to date.