The day after falling at home against Leganés, a defeat that condemns Espanyol to its first relegation to the Second Division since 1993, in which it lost the promotion against Racing de Santander, the Catalan Supporters Clubs Federation Espanyol (FCPE) sent a statement in which he described the season as “shameful” and went so far as to ask President Chen Yansheng to guarantee the club’s economic, social and sporting future and hand over “the presidency to a person based in Barcelona”: “This person must be able to dedicate himself full time to running the club. We also ask him to appoint a new board of directors with people close to Espanyol de Barcelona, with a Spanish feeling and with the ability to manage a football club. We believe that the physical distance in which the President finds himself, Mr. Chen Yansheng, prevents him from being able to manage the day to day of the club ”. Yansheng, president of Rastar Group, resides in Guangdong, China.
In the statement, the supporters clubs define this season as “the worst in history”: “A season full of planning errors, failed signings of players and coaches, with continued mistakes in sports management.” Regarding the players, “the attitude, the lack of commitment, the lack of dignity and the lack of self-love” are condemned: “They have not lived up to the 120 years of history of the shield they defended” , is added. Espanyol has hired four coaches this season, David Gallego, Pablo Machín, Abelardo Fernández and, finally, Rufete, the director of the football area. A few weeks ago, the sports director Òscar Perarnau was also fired, the structure of grassroots football was changed and the women’s coach, Jordi Ferrón, was changed.
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