One of the last portraits hanging in the President's Room at the RCDE Stadium is that of Joan Collet i Diví (Argentona, 1961), the last Catalan president in the history of Espanyol (2012-16) and, above all, a true Espanyol fan. A member for almost 50 years, in the 1970s he was a regular at the south goal at Sarrià and had to run in front of the Boixos Nois when the ultras emerged in Barcelona; two decades later, from Sánchez Llibre's social area, he fought them. A key player in the reformulation of the distribution of television rights in Spain, he always demanded Espanyol as a Catalan teamIn 2016 he left the entity, when Chen Yansheng bought itIn a conversation with ARA, he explains that he now enjoys matches like a regular fan and celebrates the club of his life reaching 125 years of age in such good health.

In the Copa Catalunya final, Espanyol debuted its third kit, a navy blue colorway with the flag across the chest and neck. "It's inspired by the rich history and culture of Catalonia" and "is perfect for those who want to show their pride in Catalonia and Espanyol," the club proclaimed when unveiling the shirt, with a clear, Catalan slogan: "The shirt is our flag."

Espanyol is holding an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders this Friday, in which a capital increase of almost 38 million, which will clean up the perico team and allow it to return to the 1:1 rule of the fair play of the League. As is customary at the blue and white club, it will be conducted online, and shareholders' requests and questions, previously submitted through an online platform, will be read and answered aloud by the club. This means that there will be no repeat of interventions like those of the illustrious Quimet Cañellas, which popularized the phrase "Good afternoon, my friends all." Nor violent episodes, such as the one suffered by Ernest Vilches in 2012, on November 19, when a handful of fans tried to attack him after displaying an Estelada flag with the Espanyol colors during his speaking turn at the Fira de Cornellà.