The Espanyol Sentinel
Market21 Aug 2028
Leandro Cabrera hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Espanyol can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tommaso Aliata is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tyrhys Dolan in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Espanyol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Álex Calatrava
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Edu Expósito falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Espanyol
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad21 Aug 2028
No hiding place for Kike García
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kike García, and the manager let it.
Match19 Aug 2028
Espanyol find a way past Cultural Leonesa
Cultural Leonesa made Espanyol work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces21 Aug 2028
Espanyol supporters have found a favourite in Amin Chiakha
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Amin Chiakha has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Market Espanyol promote Àlex Muñoz from within
- Market One of our own: Pol León joins the Espanyol first team
- Market One of our own: Jon Castro joins the Espanyol first team