“We need to save on everything” | Relief

Espanyol’s market has been absolutely cheap… and will continue to be so throughout the season. The owner’s order is clear and has reached all levels of the club. Including the locker room.

Until now, the first team players have had breakfast, lunch and even been able to take home dinner in accordance with the nutrition plan developed by the coaching staff. Everything remains the same, they can continue to do this… although, according to the players, in a worse way.

No ham, protein yoghurts and much less fruit. “You need to save on everything” – again they were given a principle.

This is nothing new in the parrot club. Travel on commercial flights alternates with charter, AVE or coach flights depending on the trip. They have to tighten their belts, and the owner is clear about this… just like it was in the days of the market: searching for pennies to reduce costs.

The players have already become accustomed to these difficult times and have taken all previous measures more or less normally. YesHowever, when it comes to restoring nutrition and the loss of menu quality that marks their daily lives, they have taken action. try to reverse or at least mitigate these low-cost policies. They asked the club’s marketing and expense managers to hold a meeting to explain their point of view and propose possible solutions without affecting what they consider one of the pillars of their preparation: food.

The sporting authorities have also been informed of this request and they are working together to reach the best possible agreement. Sergi Gomez, Leandro Cabrera, Javi Puado and Paul Lozano are supported in this by Garagarza, who is trying to act as a mediator to ensure the maximum savings required by the property.with the requests of their players.

Espanyol still maintains an advantage in the sports department: fourteenth place in the EA Sports La Liga with three wins, five losses and one draw. Although the feeling they convey is one of a strong savings policy with a view to an eventual sale when the bills add up and the value of the eventual transaction to the buyer becomes more attractive.

Meanwhile… this season they have achieved the staff cap is just €8.8 million, down from 86.3 in 2019-20, for example.. In the next campaign their number dropped to 47 million, but promotion allowed them to reach 77.87. 22-23 left them at 69 million, and the new relegation to second place made an impressive drop to 10 after serious problems with account balances from 2021.

Now, either way, the club’s owners have said enough and the cuts affect everyone, regardless. Only Sevilla (2.5) has less money for staff salaries than the Parrots team.