LaLiga Santander: RCD Espanyol opens its fifth academy outside of Spain, in Baghdad (Iraq)

Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) have "reached an agreement to open an RCDE Academy in Iraq." The club becomes "the first foreign club to create a training center in the South-West Asian country," announced the Catalan club on 15/03/2018.

"This is a pioneering initiative for youth academies in a territory like Iraq...