RCD Espanyol has been promoted to the LaLiga First Division after coming back from the final tie of the Promotion ‘playoff’ against Real Oviedo (2-0)a match in which the two goals of Javi Puado At the end of the first half they were enough to return the Perico team to the highest category of Spanish football a year later.
One year in the Second Division
Espanyol has complied with tradition, and has only remained in the Second Division for one year after being relegated last year – the same case as Real Valladolid -.
Irregular season for the parakeet team after finishing fourth in the regular phase and after three coaches. cThe season started with Luis Garcíathe same coach with whom he finished last year in the First Division.
Luis Miguel Ramis replaced Luis Garcíabut the reaction of the team was not fully seen and that caused a third change to occur with the arrival of Manolo Gonzalez.
- Left6:There is no advertising configuration for the requested slot
Braithwaite case
Braithwaite’s relationship with the club has already been strained since last preseason when at the end of July he left the team’s concentration in Marbella, without the club’s permission, with the aim of accelerating his departure from the blue and white entity, with which he has contract until 2025, and did not even participate in the first friendly match against Cádiz.
Braithwaite fights for a ball during the Spanish – Valladolid
A few days later, Braithwaite returned by surprise to the concentration with the rest of his teammates. This entire chapter caused the sports director, Fran Garagaza, to speak of “great disappointment.”
“The members are being disrespected. We will not allow him or anyone else. Espanyol is far above all this. He is an asset of the club that has failed in form and in everything,” Garagaza said. to the media during those days.
Braithwaite’s words
However, this promotion has left us with ‘explosive’ statements from the Danish forward of the parakeet team Martin Braithwaite at Isaac Fouto’s microphone on Dazn about his future.
“I still don’t know, I’ll talk these days. A year ago the club made me a renewal offer, but it was a lack of respect,” Braithwaite confessed.
An answer about his future that continued: “We’ll have to see if they want me to stay here, because the offer a year ago showed that they don’t trust me, I worked hard to return Espanyol to the First Division and see what the club wants now.”
“Now I am free, I can leave free,” said the Dane before pointing out that “the club, the team and the fans deserve to be in First Division,” but “now I need to rest.”
Fouto also asked Braithwaite why it was disrespectful, but the striker did not give any further explanation: “This is not the time to talk about those things, now let’s enjoy that it is an important day in the history of the club.”
Braithwaite among three Burgos players in Espanyol – Burgos | EFE
This season, Braithwaite was the ‘Pichichi’ in the Second Division with 22 goals in 39 games, and also distributed 2 assists during the regular phase. The striker’s non-call for his team for the Euro Cup being held in Germany made it possible for Braithwaite to play in the four games of the First Division Promotion Playoff and in this promotion, he provided an assist.
WHATSAPP CHANNELS
If you want to find out about sports news, the best moments of the program or the most profound curiosities of Tiempo de Juego or El Partidazo, join our WhatsApp channels now by CLICKING HERE (Tiempo de Juego) and CLICKING HERE (El Partidazo de COPE).
