Espanyol hit with blow as captain is ruled out for the rest of the season

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• Playing just four minutes against Levante last weekend, he came on and had to be taken off again.
• He has been diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament, and as such, will miss the remainder of the year.
• Most cruciate ligament injuries take around seven to nine months to recover from. Espanyol searching for replacementImage via FdVLos Pericos will look to go into the transfer market to replace Puado.
• It was revealed by Javier de Haro, as quoted by El Portal Blanquiazul, that Espanyol were working on a deal to bring back former academy forward Ferran Jutgla, who returned to La Liga this past summer.
• However MD say that Celta have ruled out an exit for Jutgla, who they feel is an important part of their squad."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt seems their attention may have shifted to another former Barcelona player in Angel Alarcon.