106 days have already passed since June 15. One summer Monday that RCD Espanyol It started publishing, early in the morning and via ‘x‘, the image of Martin Braithwaite passing the usual medical examination with the rest of his teammates and which ended with the Dane, ‘Pichichi’ of the last Hypermotion League with 22 goals, being separated from the entity.
Exactly two hours and 29 minutes passed between the first tweet, posted at 9:26 AM, until the second (11:55 AM), in which the club announced that Braithwaite there was “communicated to RCD Espanyol that he executes the release clause included in his contract and, therefore, he is no longer a blue and white player“said the statement.
A hard blow for Espanyolismo, which saw how in the following weeks the sports management headed by Fran Garagarza was betting on Alejo Veliz, Irivin Cardona and Walid Cheddira to replace the one from Esbjerg, scorer of 32 goals in his two seasons as a blue and white. One (scored by Veliz, against Rayo) has the calls to be his replacements in 11 days.
The same ones that have been disputed Braithwaite in the Brazilian Série A, in which he plays since his frustrated signing by Olympiacos and its subsequent incorporation into Guild. And in which MartinAt 33 years old, he has already managed to become the reference for the ‘Tricolor’.
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Since his arrival, the former parakeet leads his new team in goals (5), goal participation (7), total shots (25), shots on goal (11), big chances created (3) and aerial duels won (24 ). Some numbers that show that the forward, who had one more year left on his contract in the Spanish and who recently declared that he feels “very good” physically, he still has energy for a while.
