Espanyol is in the Second Division and out of direct promotion to the First Division. Chen Yansheng, the owner of the Asian group that owns the team, is seeking the sale of the Perica entity when it completes three years without setting foot in Cornellà.

“We don't have a board, there is nothing,” says a former club manager. The market value of the entity has plummeted from 256 million to just under 100 in one year, according to Marc Menchén, CEO of 2Playbook.