Espanyol ended Manolo González’s tenure, according to the club statement dated 27 October at 22:20. The announcement records 107 official first-team games across more than three seasons and acknowledges his role in maintaining the club’s top-flight status.
The confirmed decision and the open questions
The confirmed fact is the end of the appointment. The linked statement does not name a successor or supply new contractual or financial terms. No circulating candidate is therefore presented as an appointed replacement, and no unannounced timetable is inferred. The club’s appreciation of the previous period is its stated position, rather than an independent assessment of every result during the tenure.
Reading the match count correctly
The figure of 107 covers official matches, not league games alone. That scope needs to remain attached when comparing the tenure with another coach’s record. The present departure separates a completed historical spell from a future coaching period whose details are not established here. Past season results are not erased by a managerial change, and subsequent sporting decisions should not be assigned to the departed coach. The distinction keeps the archive accurate rather than making an ended appointment appear current through a superficial update.
The event occurred on the evening of 27 October and is dated separately from this report. No private knowledge of replacement negotiations is claimed.
Archival cover photograph: Espanyol’s stadium; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: RCD Espanyol de Barcelona. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 4.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2023-06-12.
