Espanyol midfielder Sergi Darder says it's time for the club to think big.

He knows it's a major and almost impossible ask for a team that finished 11th last season and 44 points behind champions Barcelona, but he is remaining optimistic.

"We must try to win LaLiga," he stated in an interview with Esports3.

"We know that it's 99.9 percent impossible, but we need to set ambitious objectives.

"There will be time to consider ourselves a normal team, but for now we believe we are the best.

"There is still a lot to learn.

"We are very excited and have a lot of motivation about having a good season."