The result of the first window of signings with Alan Pace, Velocity Sports y ALK Capital as owners of Espanyol, with the sole incorporation of the winger Cyril Ngonge, and as ceded from the Naples. The president acknowledged on Monday that the winter market had been harder than expected. But what has happened to the other club he owns, the Burnley?
Bridging enormous distances, both historical as qualifyingsince the Espanyol is in European positions in LaLiga while the ‘clarets‘they are 11 points away from remaining in the Premier League, on their way to their third descent since Pace is the owner, it could be more urgent that would reinforce the staff of the Burnley to use up the last cartridges. This is what I usually did every January. But not in 2026.
As in Spanish, the british entity has only made an incorporation already loan. It is about James Ward-Prowseloaned by a West Ham from whom he had been separated for months, since arriving on the bench Nuno Espirito Santo. And how Fatigue con Belgiumthe midfielder had also been Internationalin your case with England.
Koleosho and four other exits
On the other hand, it has registered the Burnleylike the Espanyol, several exits in the winter window. Hannes Delcroix has gone free to Lugano. Oliver Sonnetransferred to Sparta from Prague. Y Luca Koleoshocut by the parakeet club and now loaned to the Paris FCis not the only one with whom this ‘modus operandi’ has been followed: they have also done it with Michael Obafemiof the Bochum al Blackpooland with Manuel Bensonof the Swansea City al Maccabi de Haifa.
So much austerity contrasts with the previous Pace winter markets in front of Burnley. three million of euros invested in January 2025 by Oliver Sonneand more than 18 It was left in 2023 between Lyle Foster (11), Ameen Al-Dakhil (five) and Hjmar Ekdal what did it cost 2,8 million, the same amount that he earned for the cesion al Manchester United of Wout Weghorstwho in turn it had cost 17.5 million in January 2022.
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In total, 40 million had invested Pace in the winter markets in charge of Burnley in the last four years. None now, as has also happened at Espanyol. If the objective is growat least in Barcelonawill have to amend it in summer.
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