After the dismissal of Julen Lopetegui, the second stage of jorge sampaoli in the Sevilla F.C.. The 62-year-old coach had been in talks with Monchi for almost a month, waiting to find out the future of the Nervión bench, until, finally, everything was cleared up with a front full of black clouds and a team immersed in a multitude of injuries and trust issues. The Sevilla squad seems short for all the open fronts it has and that is why Sampaoli has already slipped several names into the sports management, led by Monchiso that he gets his batteries ready for the month of January, after the World Cup.
Sampaoli’s Sevilla, about six years ago, was characterized by a very electric team in the forward three-quarters, with very powerful wings and a lot of bite up front. He doesn’t have that at all with the current squad and that is why the Argentine has made three requests with his own name, and not drawing profiles as was the case with Lopetegui. These are the three signings you want for your new Sevilla.
As we have told you this morning, Jorge has had time to study the Brazilian market well and believes that Gabriiel Barbosa, known as ‘Gabigol’, could be the man who brings the scoring nose back to the Sevilla team. The problem would be the price of it. Flamengo paid 17.5 million two years ago for him, and under no circumstances would they accept less than 25-30 million for the Brazilian, who would be delighted to come to Spain.
Sampaoli has surprised Monchi by asking for the premature return of the Argentine winger. Last summer, Ocampos left for Ajax on loan, as the Dutch refused to pay a transfer fee for him. He is not playing at all in Amsterdam (barely 100 minutes so far this season) and is unable to acclimate to his new league and his new role. In this way, Sevilla would accept losing part of the 4 million euros that they received for their transfer and would give up the purchase option of 16 million that is on the table by Ajax, although seeing how little they are playing, everything points that they were not going to execute her.
The defense is being a real headache for Sevilla at the start of the season. They continue to notice the absences of Koundé and Diego Carlos, and the new signings are not fulfilling what was expected, with a Marcao that has not yet been able to debut and with a Nianzou that is not even remotely close to what Koundé was in his first year. That is why Sampaoli has requested the signing of a player that he likes very much, his compatriot Lucas Martínez Quarta, a former River player who currently plays for Fiorentina. The problem is that the Italian team is very happy with the central defender and it won’t cost Sevilla anything cheap. Its price could range from 20 million euros.