Checkmate Espanyol bench

Espanyol are experiencing a less sweet hangover than expected following their return to the First Division. First of all, for Martin Braithwaite’s unfortunate statements celebrating the occasion by noting that the club had disrespected him due to the contract extension offer he had received. And, secondly, because nothing is clear yet who will lead the parrot team next year.

The first wish of the blue and white was that Sergio Gonzalez returned to the club, but the Catalan rejected the offer as he was undergoing hip surgery and would not be able to start pre-season training with the team.

Another option that Perica’s sports management considered was Rafa Marquez, Although the Mexican decided to renew his contract with the FC Barcelona subsidiary to try again to move to LaLiga Hypermotion or wait for the first team to give him a chance.

And if that wasn’t enough, Manolo Gonzalez, The coach, who led Espanyol in the final stretch of the championship and was the architect of promotion after Ramis was sacked, spoke loudly and clearly in an interview with the newspaper. Sport.

“We need to meet this week, but today “I haven’t sat down with the club to talk yet,” – says the Galician coach.

Likewise, when asked whether he would remain associated with the club if they finally decided to take a bid for someone else to take his place, he left everything up in the air: “The truth is I don’t know. I’ll have to sit down and talk to them and look at the situation.. “Today, until I sit in the club, I won’t be able to appreciate anything either.”

Regarding this short but successful stage in the main lineup, he is sincere and has very clear thoughts: “I have always been very confident in myself and, with all due respect to everyone, this does not depend on the results. If your career depends on the result, as it often does in this case, then this is because that’s how life works and that’s how football works. But I think it depends more on long-term work and time than on a specific result.”

Finally, regarding the criticism that he also sometimes received, like other coaches who sat on the bench this season, Manolo Gonzalez was also frank: “I don’t have much idea about the ‘sticks’ or not, because they took a lot out of everything that was external, Both for the better and for the worse. “I don’t usually look at social media or the press.”

Given this scenario, It seems Espanyol have no more moves left on the board.Manolo’s succession therefore seems inevitable, and after these first two failed moves, it is now worth slightly more than before.