The words surreal or shocking are insufficient to describe what Espanyolismo experienced this Thursday. The Catalan club rushed the deadline to register the signings until midnight, keeping many on the sidelines until the last breath of a heart attack day that ended in disappointment.
Raúl de Tomás was about to sign for Rayo Vallecano on the deadline, past the bell, and although an agreement was reached for his transfer to the Vallecas club, the documentation did not arrive at LaLiga headquarters in time as the deadline. midnight limit.
Apparently, the papers did not arrive within the stipulated time and the necessary requirements were also not met, so the operation could not be carried out. So, his move to Rayo failed in extremis and RDT must continue to wear the blue and white, a big ‘hot potato’, because the top scorer showed that he does not want to continue playing at the RCDE Stadium. And it remains to be seen how it fits into Diego Martínez’s plans.
Neither center nor winger
In addition, the fact that the possible departure of De Tomás has passed the deadline of the summer window, has caused the Spanish to not have effective time to tie down any of the reinforcements that they have agreed upon in the absence of determining the departure of the top scorer With the departure of the winger Luis Rioja by not lowering the economic claims of Alavés (4 million), the Spaniard focused all his efforts on the acquisition of a central defender . Víctor Laguardia (Alavés) and Kouyaté (Metz) were discussed, but in the end nothing came as the RDT soap opera left the Spaniard with no room to maneuver in the contract.
Braithwaite, the only joy of the day
So, the strange last day of the market closed with a single signing, the former Barça player Martin Braithwaite, who signed for three seasons. He became the ninth and final Spanish signing in a summer market to forget, disappointingly.
Source: La Verdad
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