When something goes crooked and doesn’t straighten out soon, it’s bound to end badly. The outcome of soap opera of Raúl de Tomás at Espanyol perfectly fulfills that reality. It is true that the situation was untenable (Diego Martinez wanted the player out, a time bomb in the locker room, and RDT wanted to leave the club at all costs), but the end cannot be said to have been precisely the happiest for the Catalan entity. The Espanyol transfers its best footballer to Rayowhich had become international with Luis Enrique thanks to his goals at the RCDE Stadium, in exchange for eight million fixed plus three variablesa figure that does not even reach half of what he paid for the battering ram in January 2020.
He soon found himself in the preseason that something was not working in the blue and white locker room. The club referred to physical discomfort of Raúl de Tomás, who had a short-lived return to the group after the friendly against Naples. Later he continued to be sidelined “due to injury” and only manifested himself with a mysterious message on the networks: “When a men you want something so impressive that you are willing to bet your whole future on a single card to achieve it, victory is assured”. It was also a fleeting post. It caused such a stir among a divided crowd that it was soon deleted.
The ridiculous of September 1
The days went by and the enigma remained unresolved until the fateful market close, that September 1st in which RDT was the great protagonist until the midnight. Not a single offer with a face and eyes reached the club until the lightning strike with premeditation and treachery. President Martin Dam attempted to fulfill the player’s wish to return home, but his proposal, by limit, did not prosper. The clumsiness of the leaders when managing the bureaucracy stopped the operation.
Days later that proposal was recovered, which has ended up taking RDT to Rayo. The figures are disappointing for Espanyol and almost a gift for the Vallecas club. It is true that the sale does not generate losses for the blue and white club, which will enter those eight million fixed and the three in variables basically subject to the permanence of the Lightning, something that does not seem complicated if the block of forever maintains the level of the past year without De Tomás in its ranks.
The pending amortization
The amount is close to amortization pending payment for its purchase, but much more was expected from a marathon operation. The summer started with Mao Yethe CEO, and Sunday Catoirathe sports director, claiming the 70 million clause of the star and will close with a maximum transfer of 11 million.
The summer began with Mao Ye and Domingo Catoira claiming the star’s 70 million clause and will close with a maximum transfer of 11
Not so far is the winter market of the 2019-2020 season, when Espanyol paid 22.5 million (20 fixed plus 2.5 in variables already fulfilled) to Benfica for RDT with the aim of escaping from descent. He did not get the goal, but the striker stayed on Second and contributed decisively to the ascent. Was the top scorer of the category with 23 goals and shared the Zarra last year in the First Division with Iago Aspas (17 targets).
the last refuge
During the summer there was talk of the Premier and of Sevilla in the final stretch, but it was more smoke than anything else. Lopetegui wanted the striker, but Monchi he was not enthusiastic about her character. In the end, it was Lightning last refuge for the player, who returns to Madrid next to his brother Reuben (plays in the subsidiary of the Vallecano club) and his family.
You won’t be able to debut until January and will surely miss the Qatar World Cup, but at least he has fulfilled his desire to leave Espanyol, the team that rescued him when he had lost hope in Lisbon. back leaves 45 goals in two and a half seasons with the parakeet set, an excellent performance only marred by its wayward attitude which led him to run out of support in the locker room.
token saving
Among the guidelines agreed with Benfica, Espanyol will not have to pay the 20% for the surplus value of a sale, since he will earn less for the player’s departure than he paid for his signing, one more factor that corroborates the sad parakeet operation. The club at least he will save the four million gross of his filewhich will not hurt to undertake some reinforcement in the winter market. The extreme Louis Rioja, del Alavés, it was already agreed before the market closed, but the continuity of RDT frustrated his arrival.
The international, meanwhile, will sign until 2027 for Rayoin which he already played between 2017 and 2019, and will become the most expensive transfer of the Vallecas complex. Now he will have to work in the club’s facilities until he can be registered. Taking into account the break for the World Cup, he will miss 10 days. His debut points to January 8 against Betis.
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