10 Monchi signings that didn’t work out at Sevilla

that’s it Monchi is one of the best sports directors in the world and his good work has been key to the growth of Seville It is beyond any doubt, but there are signings with him that have been a disappointment. There were more hits, yes, but there were also mistakes. Without going any further, the movements of Seville in the last summer market they did not finish convincing.

At Mundo Deportivo we have made a list with 10 signings of Monchi that didn’t work Seville. The will leave here Marcao, Nianzou and company that at this moment is given the benefit of the doubt.

Ron Lopes

25 euro ‘millionaires’

This is perhaps the biggest black point of Monchi’s two spells in the Sevilla offices. He arrived at Pizjuán in the summer of 2019, received nothing else and at least 25 million euros from Monaco, but it never worked. He was on loan at Troyes, he was previously at Nice and Olympiacos and so far he has only played, with more pain than glory, 14 games as a Sevilla player.

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Oussama Idrissi

quintessential misfit

After standing out at AZ, Sevilla paid 12 million euros for the Moroccan winger in the summer of 2020. He left on loan half a year later, to Ajax, and was then loaned to Cádiz and Feyenoord, where he is currently present In Sevilla, 17 games and not a single goal.

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Ibrahim Amadou

He approaches and begins his denial

In the summer of 2018, Sevilla paid Lille 14.4 million euros for a central defender capable of playing as a rock-like pivot. He played 32 games as a sevillista but never at the level expected and ended up leaving Metz on a free transfer earlier this year after previously being on loan at Angers.

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Joris Gnagnon

you don’t have a team

Rocky central where it is, he arrived at Pizjuán from Rennes in the summer of 2018 for 13.5 million euros. Said rock was broken, allowing himself to be seen only 7 times in LaLiga and ending his contract after the summer of 2019 due to a lack of professionalism. He doesn’t have a team now.

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Munas Dabbur

Ben Yedder’s (not) replacement

In the summer of 2019, Ben Yedder and Muriel left and Sevilla brought in En-Nesyri and Dabbur to replace them. The Moroccan one worked, but the Israeli one, for which 17 million euros were paid to Salzburg, did not work. He left for Hoffenheim half a year later playing only 9 games where he scored (yes) 3 goals.

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Goose

Europe was not for him

After shining in Brazil, becoming an international in the ‘canarinha’, Sevilla bet on him in the summer of 2016, paying Sao Paulo a sum close to 10 million euros. He spent two seasons at Pizjuán where he played 28 games, but lacked the brilliance expected. He returned to Brazil, where he was a star.

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Hiroshi Kiyotake

too exotic

This may be the most exotic bet Monchi has ever made, and it’s far from the only one. He arrived in the summer of 2016 from the Bundesliga, without much success in a German championship that was his first experience in Europe, and it did not go well. The Japanese spent almost half a year in Pizjuán, playing 9 games without pain or glory.

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Walter Montoya

Seen and unseen

From the beginning of 2017 to the beginning of 2018, he was in Pizjuán living in what turned out to be his only experience in Europe. Sevilla paid 5.5 million euros to Rosario Central and received the same amount for him from Cruz Azul. In that sense the business is not broken, but it is clearly not made for European football.

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Kakuta

inveterate globetrotter

Few footballers have a resume where more teams will appear. He arrived in Seville in the summer of 2015 for 6 million euros and is far from unknown. But he was only in pizjuán for a few months before leaving for China. 5 games played with Sevilla. He is currently in French Lens.

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Marco Andreoli

An Erasmus in Spain patch

In his case, the financial cost was not a problem as he arrived on loan from Inter in the summer of 2015. But the fact that he only played 7 league games in one season does not mean that he is considered a success That was his only course outside of Italy