Subsequently, Nando returned to Sevilla, but was immediately bought by Barça archrivals Real Madrid,Nando ya es del Real Madrid (Nando already a Real Madrid player); Mundo Deportivo, 10 July 1992 (in Spanish) where he would spend three-and-a-half seasons with irregular playing time – 46 matches in his first two years combined, three in the following – before moving to RCD Espanyol in January 1996.El acuerdo es por dos años y medio (Deal is for two-and-a-half years); Mundo Deportivo, 10 January 1996 (in Spanish) In the other Catalonia side he would play until the end of the 2000–01 campaign, scoring his only goals as a professional in the process.Español encontró una senda exitosa (Español found a winning path); La Nación, 16 November 1998 (in Spanish)El Betis mira a segunda mientras el Espanyol pone sus ojos en la UEFA (Betis look to segunda while Espanyol set sights on UEFA); El Mundo, 16 April 2000 (in Spanish)
