La Liga's Espanyol sign ex-Blackburn forward Dolan
Dolan told Espanyol's website, external: "I'm excited. The club is amazing. [It's a] beautiful city. Me and my family are very excited for this new journey. It's an honour to play for Espanyol."La Liga is one of the best leagues in the world, so [it's an] exciting opportunity for me to come and showcase my talent."The main thing is for me to give 110%, every single game. I'm an exciting player. Skilful, direct, want to get fans off their seats."Espanyol finished 14th in Spain's top flight last season but Dolan said: "We can definitely keep pushing up the table higher, to be a solid La Liga team."Last season the team did very well but we aim to keep pushing higher and hopefully [with] me joining the team, we can."
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