Javi Puado (Barcelona, ​​​​1998) is the son of a striker from Alcalá de Henares who arrived in Barcelona thanks to Jaume Creixell and stayed for love. Trained at La Masia and in the Cornellà youth academy, he has been playing for Espanyol for over a decade, the club of his life and where he wants to leave his mark. The hero of the promotion to the First Division against Oviedo and of last season's agonizing salvation, he is very clear that he would reject Barça. Just renewed with the parakeet team, which has made an effort to turn him into its straw man and the "ideal captain" of a project that is looking up after years of wandering in the wilderness.

Catalan football is no stranger to housing drama, and especially the smaller clubs below the Second Division, are suffering. The most affected are the technical secretaries, especially those from Barcelona and the surrounding areas, who are working to build squads that perform well with little money and local players. "It affects us a lot. Resources are limited, and we have to rationalize them. As a general rule, we focus on signing Catalan players who don't need housing, because renting an apartment is a very significant expense," says Josep Maria Gené, European sporting director. which has risen to First RFEF, the third national division, with one of the lowest budgets in the Second RFEF.