Espanyol seeks to leave Mateu Alemany without his right hand at Barça

David Fernández could return in the next days to the Espanyol. The today member of the technical office of the FC Barcelona and right hand of Mateu Alemany is the elected by the managerial 'perica' to replace to Sunday Catoira like sportive director of a group 'blanquiazul' that the Monday appointed to Luis García like new trainer to try save of the descent in LaLiga.

The Espanyol leaves antepenultimate in the table with alone 27 points in 27 days, the same that Valencia, but with worse difference of goal. The low zone of the classification is very tightened, since between the 'pericos' and the Mallorca (decimosegundo in the table) only there are six points of difference. Even the Celtic of Vigo, tenth qualifier, follows attentive to the descent with 35 points. Thus, the Catalan directive wants to do adjust deep in the team, considering that eleven days are more than sufficient to save the season.

The Barça can lose to a man experienced

From August of 2022, David Fernández forms part of the technical office culé, turning into the right hand of Mateu Alemany. The executive arrived after terminating his agreement with the Sporting of Gijón by personal reasons and already had worked with the Real Madrid like coordinator of catchment of talent between July of 2017 and May of 2021. Previously, the also trainer had worked in the Espanyol between 2002 and 2017.

In fact, Fernández was technical of the categories benjamines, alevines, childish and cadets of the group 'blanquiazul', becoming coordinator of the basic football. His capacity to attract and form young talents allowed him fichar to players like Nico Melamed, Sergi Gómez or Javi Puado in the group 'perico', of the cual declared fanatical from his youth. To his 37 years, the return to Cornellà can leave an important gap in the sportive direction of the Barça.

The sportive vision of David Fernández

In an interview for 'ACE' in October of 2021, the today sportive adviser culé left clear his formative vision. "The accelerate processes remains very beautiful but has to go loaded of a lot of responsibility. You can burn to the player. For this the player has to show first, has to learn the meritocracia. Until cadets and juvenile have to play in his age. You can inflar to the surroundings if you take a decision precipitated", said Fernández, putting like example the case of an Ansu Fati with the one who "the exception confirms the rule". Thus him fichó the Barça and, now, the Espanyol wants him of return.