Espanyol to open RCDE Academy in Shanghai LaLiga Santander - Espanyol Catalan club continue to explore Chinese market

Espanyol will open a new RCDE Academy in Shanghai this July.

Advisor Mao Ye and the club's corporate manager Roger Guasch signed an agreement with the project's partner Xing JingQi.

The news comes after the LaLiga Santander side signed Chinese star Wu Lei from Shanghai SIPG in January.

The academy will bring the Catalan club's football ideology to China as they look to open up another avenue of new talent.

Espanyol already have training centres in Ajman (UAE), Algiers and Blida (Algeria), Saitama (Japan), New Jersey (USA), Barcelona, Baghdad (Iraq), Stockholm (Sweden) and Hunan and Yunnan (China).