In the early hours of this morning Beijing time, espanyol, who is preparing for the new la Liga season, played a warm-up match with Ligue 1 side Montpellier at his training base.
It was also the spaniard's first warm-up match after regrouping to resume training, and they won 2-0. Wu Lei, a Chinese player in the squad, did not participate in this game due to injury.
Espanyol's players ended their holiday on July 4 and, after two weeks of physical reserve and physical recovery, are now in time for technical and tactical preparation and warm-up matches.
Although every time before the start of the new season, or when the winter transfer window is opened, Wu Lei will fall into the transfer rumors, but this time he still returns to the team on time and prepares for the new season with the whole team.
Espanyol CLUB CEO Ye Mao has also confirmed to the media that they will keep Wu Lei without any intention of selling him, "I hope that Wu Lei can return to the state he was in when he first joined the team, he will not leave, because there are still two years of contract." ”
And as of now, there is no news about Wu Lei in the transfer market. Espanyol also said they had not received any offers from the club for Wu Lei.
In this warm-up match with Montpellier, Wu Lei did not enter the competition list. With a knee injury, he cheered on his teammates in the stands.
Because espanyol has changed the manager in the new season and the reinforcements are not small, including the addition of La Liga star Joselu in the front, Wu Lei wants to get more playing time, and will still face huge competitive pressure.
Next, the Spaniards will travel to Marbella for summer training. Their next pre-season warm-up match was against Las Palmas, fourth in La Liga last season. On 30 July and 6 August, Espanyol will also travel away to Brighton in the Premier League and Napoli in Serie A for warm-up matches.
The new La Liga season will begin in mid-August, with Espanyol playing away from Celta, who finished 11th last season, on August 13, and Espanyol finishing 14th in the league last season.
Not long ago, the Spanish media also broke the news that Chen Yansheng, the owner of Spanish and a Chinese-funded background, intended to sell the club. Because this is closely related to the future of Chinese player Wu Lei, it has also attracted widespread attention.
Among the rumors of the acquisition of the Espanyol club, the buyers are the American consortium and the Qatari royal family.
But espanyol denied it, with CEO Ye Mao saying, "In the past four months, there have been such rumors. We're used to it, but as with the previous answer, there won't be any change in club ownership. ”