Mao’s intervention before the media was focused on what, if there is no setback, he will shortly become the first winter signing: the Mexican César Montes, from Monterrey with a loan plus mandatory purchase option in case of permanence. Eight million in all. “ There are fringes of the contract missing . Let’s hope that if it can be for Tió, better than for Christmas”, acknowledged the executive, who reiterated: “ If it can be tomorrow, better than next week. “At the moment, César is the best. In the end I cannot assess the degree because there are many factors, but we will try to move forward, ”he added.
Because the squad has more urgency in the January market. “We will do everything possible to cover our needs ”, predicts Mao, who abounds: “ We want to do quantity and quality . Money is fair, like everyone else, but it depends on how you optimize that resource, we will have the chance to do things in the market”. Among the positions that they already had to cover in summer and the eventualities that arose during the first leg of the League may be the goal. “We have three goalkeepers who give us performances. Along the way, we will see if there are options or not, the technicians will tell us that,” he reasoned.
And around the derby, the CEO of Espanyol does not care if the TAD lifts the sanction of Robert Lewandowski.“ What would be better without Lewandowski? Better with all our players”, responded Mao Ye in tune with Diego Martínez’s philosophy: “You always have to have hope, but starting from reality to fight for it. The coach has already said that we have a team that does his job very well, what we hope is that it will soon be reflected in the result ”. And that he wishes “many successes” for 2023 and the conviction that ” we must start with the first challenge, which is to consolidate permanence, and keep looking up. Because the team always fights”.