While Espanyol navigates the soft underbelly of the table in the league, the La Liga team remains focused on its maintenance objective. The next matches against Athletic Club, Osasuna and Real Sociedad remain significant milestones to overcome. And for this, the Perico club has formalized the appointment of Monchi as new sports general director of the Catalan entity. He will now lead the entire sports area of ​​the Blanquiazul club as indicated by the current 14th in the ranking in his official press release this Monday.
“RCD Espanyol announces the appointment of RamĂłn RodrĂguez Verdejo, known as “Monchi” (San Fernando, Cádiz, 1968), to the position of new sports general director of the club, a position from which he will manage the entire sports sector of the entity. The arrival of Monchi strengthens Espanyol’s sporting structure with one of the most recognized and prestigious leaders in European football. The different sports branches will retain their current executive management, which will now depend on this new general sports management headed by Monchi. Organizationally, Monchi will report directly to Mao Ye Wu, the club’s general manager, as well as Alan Pace, president of Espanyol and Velocity Sports Partners/ALK Capital, the club’s investment group. With a landmark career in international football, Monchi began his journey as sporting director of Sevilla FC in July 2000, during which time he established himself as one of the most influential figures in modern sports management. After a first stint of 17 consecutive seasons at the Andalusian club, he returned to the club between April 2019 and June 2023. can we read in the official document.
