The last time Chen Yansheng was in Barcelona, Espanyol was in the Europa League, José María Duran and Raúl de Tomás had just arrived at the club, Òscar Perarnau was the sports director and Abelardo the team coach. Since then, in March 2020, the pandemic has prevented the owner of the parakeet team from returning to Barcelona to closely follow the entity's progress. He did not even meet Vicente Moreno, nor was he able to say goodbye in person to Rufete, in whom he had great confidence.
Two and a half years later Chen Yansheng will return to Barcelona. He will do so in the coming weeks, possibly between the last week of August and the first week of September, as soon as possible after the relaxation of restrictions due to the pandemic in China.
This visit responds to the president's intention to show greater interest and commitment to the entity and make visible his step forward in day-to-day management announced at the beginning of the course.
The president wants to be there during the closing of the market, which could serve as an incentive to speed up some operations to strengthen the team this season. He will also use his presence to close new agreements of a commercial nature in relation to China and will carry out some institutional act that has been pending for a long time.
Meanwhile, in the sporting field, the club continues to work for the departure of Wu Lei, which will take place in the next few hours, and to incorporate new players. At the moment, Diego Martínez only has 16 players, the rest (6), either they have agreed to leave like Wu Lei, or they are directly separated like Aleix Vidal, Dimata, Monito Vargas, Vilhena and De Tomás, whose situation seems to be stuck .
