The Espanyol Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Espanyol say no — this time
The offer from Girona for Edu Expósito was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Antoniu Roca moves on
Alavés pay $5.7M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Javi Puado signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Javi Puado commits to Espanyol for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marko Dmitrović 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Espanyol training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jofre Carreras is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad Tyrhys Dolan gets it from the manager
- Market 24 months and counting on Pere Milla
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Oier Olazabal