Things are getting out of control for the Sevillista sports director and the main affected will be the squad led by Sampaoli, which needs quality reinforcements in the defensive and offensive part.
The winter market is progressing quite quickly and the Sevilla F.C. He has only been able to close the signing of one player, which reveals the difficulty he has Monchi. At this point, the Nervión club must have closed at least 3 operations since the injuries do not stop and Jorge Sampaoli has had to improvise everything.
Loic Bade is so far the only operation that has been able to close successfully Monchi for the defense of Sevilla F.C.. Now the signings of another defender and a winger who plays in both profiles and who is also a center forward are missing. Let’s remember that Isco Alarcón and Kasper Dolberg are no longer part of the Sevillista 2023 list.
What is the reason why Monchi is finding it difficult to transfer to Sevilla?
He already said it in several meetings that he has held with the board of directors of the Seville club and has replicated it to the press. Monchi is looking for players with an international profile who can and want to be part of the 2023-24 Champions League or Europa League project. Of course, they are going to have an adaptation in the next 6 months before the end of the current season.
The main problem is that several of those players who are on Sevilla’s radar have seen the team’s current sports scene, and believe that Sevilla will not even qualify for any international competition. Not even to the Conference League. In this way, those footballers who have received the offer from the Nervión team want to wait for the last week of the market to consider other proposals.
A defender and a striker is what Sevilla needs and Monchi is working on it
Faced with multiple injuries in the defensive field, such as Marcao, Karim Rekik, Alex Telles and others, the Nervionense team is looking impatiently for a versatile Koundé-type defender. That is to say, that he plays as a libero and winger. In the case of Loic Bade, who already made his debut yesterday in the 2-1 victory against Getafe, he is a strong central defender but he does not have the speed to occupy a wing.
The other signing that Sampaoli urgently needs is that of a winger, hopefully he manages both flanks, but especially the left. The departure of Isco and Dolberg forces Monchi to end the loan contract that Sevilla and Ajax have to return to Lucas Ocampos, since he has the profile of a left-handed and center forward. It should be noted that the Argentine is not having minutes in the Eredivisie.