For most mortals, with January comes the slope, the time to tighten your belt after the expenses (sometimes, waste) of the Holidays. But in the case of Espanyol, and although this 2022 has lived it with more hardships typical of a Chen Yansheng who does not want to reinvest the millionaire item of CVC, the average of recent years indicates an unprecedented waste. Not even in the summer markets. Specifically, since they cohabit in the club Jose Maria Duran as CEO and Francisco Joaquin Perez Rufete in sole command of the sports area.
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*Data updated as of January 31, 2022
That confluence occurred at the end of 2019, after Óscar Perarnau was first removed from the general sports management -on December 16-, which gave Rufete full powers, and Durán officially returned to the club on the 30th of that month. (because he had been in office for a few days) replacing Roger Guasch. So that, their first mission together was the winter market of the 2019-20 season, clearly historicand that it did not fulfill its original sporting mission –permanence–, but it did fulfill the second –promotion– and it is expected that the economic objective as well: more than recover the investment.
The first signing of the Durán-Rufete combo was nothing less than Thomas Raulwhich has ended up involving a disbursement of 22.5 million euros, between fixed and variable, to Benfica. later it would come Leandro Cabrerafor whom Espanyol deposited its release clause nine million to Getafe, a club of which Durán had been general director until a few weeks before. The third to land was Adrian Embarbafor nine million to Rayo Vallecano, and for whom they have now rejected an offer from Mexico’s America. and closed january Oier Olazabalfor whom Levante received 1.5 millionand that he will go free this coming June.
More discreet in numbers was on paper the winter market of the Past coursein Second, with Nany Dimata as the sole incorporation and as on loanalthough with a Purchase option that contemplated the asterisk of promotion: with the return to Primera, Espanyol had to pay 2.2 million to Anderlecht. And something similar has happened this January with Tony Vilhenawhich arrives on loan from Krasnodar, albeit with a voluntary option at the end of the season well below the eight million that the Russian club asked for in the summer.
Total, six footballers in three markets in January for which Espanyol has spent –only for transfers, to which obviously tokens and salaries should be added to know the extent of the amortizations– €45.2 millionto which those of Vilhena will presumably be added in a few months.
In exchange, at the other door, the exit door, Espanyol has not obtained a single euro of income during January 2019 (Esteban Granero and Pablo Piatti were released), 2020 (Víctor Campuzano and Álex López were released) nor the current one, in which Álvaro Vadillo has left on loan to Málaga. Only tokens have been saved that seek a certain margin to register. It is true that offers for sales have arrived, but it has been preferred not to undersell.
In this scenario with no return on investment, indebted to a 2019-20 season in which the disbursement was massive due to the dramatic situation of the team, the club is clear about its hope. To recover those 45.2 million and even to exceed themgiven that most of the players have also been amortized for their good sports performance. The name is Raul de Tomaswhose clause amounts to 70 million and is called to be the great protagonist of the next summer market. But that will be another story.
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