The rare sound of silence in Spain

"......................................"

That's the noise inside Guti's head. Aside from the occasional burst of the Magic Roundabout theme.

That's also the reply from Levante's bosses in response to their players' repeated requests for their pay.

But most of all, that's the reaction of a very underwhelmed Catalan press to the news that Espanyol have appointed a new manager to replace the Olympiacos-bound Ernesto Valverde.

And this isn't due to the unimportance of the proud perico club, but instead it's down to the thundering indifference of the local Barça-mad media to any story not involving the current craziness down at the Camp Nou.

After a meeting lasting less than an hour - La Liga Loca assumes there must have been very good dinner reservations on the line - Espanyol have appointed former number two 'Tintin' Márquez as the new man at the helm at the Montjuic.

"It's the greatest day of my life," squealed the new perico plaything when given the news by club president, Daniel Sánchez Llibre.

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