The Spanish “Seville” had a very controversial season. In the Example, the Andalusian club took only 12th place, but more than compensated for this failure with a victory in the Europa League. Thus, the team will again play in the Champions League next season.
The problem is that there will be no one to play for Sevilla. Everyone has been transferred!
Radical measures
A loud message about a large-scale transfer campaign spread the newspaper Marca. According to the Spanish media, Sevilla put up for sale the entire main squad that played in the 2022/2023 season.
Goalkeeper Yassin Bunu, forward Youssef En-Nesser and midfielders Lucas Ocampos and Eric Lamela were sent to the exit, in particular. It was also decided to refuse the services of defender Gonzalo Montiel – it was his strike in the penalty shootout that brought Sevilla victory in the Europa League. In total, according to various sources, from 14 to 16 players will leave the team.
Marca clarifies that the decision to actually dissolve Sevilla was announced by club president Pepe Castro at a general meeting. Thus, he intends to improve the financial situation. Moreover, it will not be possible to improve the situation by selling one or two tops, so it was decided to act more radically.
Go to plus
According to the source, Sevilla owes 90 million euros to creditors. Taking into account the cost of the entire main team (Transfermarkt calls the amount of 200-202 million), the sale of players will allow not only to repay loans, but also to get a good plus.
True, because of this decision there have already been personnel losses. Spanish journalists claim that Andalusian sports director Ramon Monchi left the club because he did not want to arrange a mass sale. Monchi is the legend of Sevilla and the person with whom the formation of the team as a serious football unit is associated, so the fans took his departure extremely painfully.
Existence in doubt
Interestingly, the news about Sevilla’s space debts was a bolt from the blue. Previously, no problems were reported in the club. Moreover, the team wanted to seriously strengthen!
Monchi was replaced by Victor Horta, who intended to prepare the club for the Champions League. There have already been preliminary conversations with head coach Jose Luis Mendilibar. It was planned to announce grandiose tasks for the season, the main ones being the victory in the national Spanish tournaments and a successful performance in the Champions League.
Moreover, Sevilla received good payments for participating in the Champions League and winning the Europa League: Forbes estimates them at around 70 million euros. And next year, the Spaniards can earn up to 55 million only in the group stage of the European Cup.
But with such news, which was voiced by Pepe Castro, championships are not won. Moreover, the very existence of the club is called into question. And this despite the gigantic prize money!
Will drivers play?
Of course, there will be demand for Sevilla players. In particular, Chelsea fans on social networks are massively asking their management to sign Yassin Buna. The Moroccan goalkeeper, according to English fans, should be a good replacement for Edouard Mendy, who went to Saudi Arabia. Lucas Ocampos can also move to Foggy Albion: The Daily Star reports Fulham’s interest in the Argentine right winger.
Yes, Sevilla’s financial issues will be resolved. But will the renewed club be able to seriously fight for high places? Or will the once-great team become the whipping boys in every tournament this season?
Literally in a month and a half, Sevilla will play with Manchester City for the UEFA Super Cup. Fans are already joking that a cleaning lady, a driver, a press officer and two masseurs will take the field for the Spaniards, and the goalkeeper will be chosen according to the principle “the fattest one goes to the goal”. However, there is a feeling that soon the jokes will end.
