The Espanyol Sentinel
Match2 Sep 2028
Omar Sadik wins the derby for Espanyol
Derby days make names, and Omar Sadik made his against Barcelona. 2‑1, bragging rights secured, and one half of town will be tired of hearing about him by Tuesday.
Squad4 Sep 2028
A one-man rearguard from Ángel Fortuño
There were 13 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Espanyol put Pol Campos on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market4 Sep 2028
Leandro Cabrera raises the bar for Espanyol
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Espanyol heard it as anything else.
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
Jofre Carreras wins the derby
There are goals, and then there are goals against that particular opponent. The Espanyol support have their bragging rights for a year and they know exactly whose name is on them.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Jofre Carreras 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.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Mihailo Stevanović gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Jon Vidal signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jon Vidal and Espanyol agree another 5 years.
Market4 Sep 2028
The Tyrhys Dolan question follows Espanyol around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Tyrhys Dolan’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Market Espanyol bring in an old head
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Omar Sadik
- Boardroom Espanyol keep producing them