Espanyol has repeated actively and passively that the squad is incomplete, a lack of troops that has been seen in the first two days of the League, especially in front of goal, without mordant the parakeet team in the draw against Celta ( 2-2) and in the defeat against Rayo Vallecano (0-2). With the aim of alleviating this deficit, the blue and white entity presented striker Dani Gómez on Monday, who arrives on loan from Levante for a season without a purchase option, although he did try it out.
Trained in the Real Madrid youth academy, the 24-year-old from Madrid jumped from the white team to play in the Second Division with Tenerife, where he ended up being an important piece with 11 goals in his locker. His performance in the island team in the 2019-20 season earned him to undertake his first adventure in the First Division with Levante, a team where he alternated the status of substitute with that of starter.
With the descent to Second the previous year, the ‘granotas’ looked for a way out to alleviate the wage bill and Gómez, for which clubs such as Cádiz and Elche had been interested, prioritized Espanyol. “I am very excited to join the perica family. The club is changing. It is in a process that I join to put myself under the orders of the coach. It is a special challenge,” Juan Segura Palomares said in his presentation in the room of the RCDE Stadium.
The striker, who usually occupies the point of attack, downplayed the irregular start of the League for the parakeets, since “the first days are always rare”, and explained that coach Diego Martínez has been important on his arrival at Espanyol: ” He told me that he’s going to demand a lot from me. I’m going to be able to continue growing as a player. The team has transmitted great character and that’s important”.
“He comes to strengthen the attacking demarcations, to complete the squad. He has mobility, versatility, offensive aggressiveness, dynamism and the ability to strike. He has always had an interesting goal ratio. We hope his performance will be immediate”, presented Alcorcón’s el sports director, Domingo Catoira, together with the CEO, Mao Ye.
The club’s head of sports assured that the arrival of Gómez does not alter the situation of Raúl de Tomás, even with discomfort. “It was a planned transfer from before. The situation has not changed. We are looking forward to De Tomás rejoining (…) It is not Espanyol that put him on the market, it is his performance these two years. As the end approaches of the market, it is more difficult for a proposal to arrive that fits both parties”.
After confirming the sixth incorporation, Catoira acknowledged that he is “dissatisfied” because “a challenge and a job” were set very high, but at the same time he assured that “the most important thing on the market still remains”, ten days where the blue and white club hopes to close various operations. “I am convinced that the reinforcements will arrive. Diego Martínez and I are the most optimistic,” he said. The next to arrive could be José Carlos Lazo, a winger from Almería, in an operation that could lead to the departure of Adrián Embarba.
Catoira advocated continuing with “responsible management” without the need for sales, which implies having “imagination” and “inventiveness” to succeed in a “blocked market.” “Our responsibility as leaders is to make a great squad. When we finish putting together the squad you will have a clearer idea of ??the objectives (…) If you have patience, optimism and a perico heart, in the end you will see the results”, he addressed the fans to finish, in addition to announcing that “probably” Adrià Pedrosa will go through the operating room to solve his persistent discomfort in the pubis. Another problem for Espanyol that has a lot of work to do until September 1.
