The Espanyol Sentinel
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Jofre Carreras beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 38. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Espanyol make their move for Ricardo Pepi
$34.2M on the table at Middlesbrough. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad23 Aug 2027
48 days out for Saúl Del Cerro after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Espanyol will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Espanyol
Kike García was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match21 Aug 2027
Still nobody has beaten Espanyol
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market23 Aug 2027
Jofre Carreras wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Espanyol hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Espanyol
3 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.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Espanyol rebuffed over Rafael Leão
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Real Madrid have kept their man, and Espanyol go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Enrique Hidalgo steps up from the Espanyol academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Enrique Hidalgo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Espanyol promote Luis Ferrer from within
- Market Biel Castro steps up from the Espanyol academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Tyrhys Dolan