Monchi: “I didn’t think for a second to leave”

The sporting director general of Seville, Monchiassured that he was strong, eager to change the situation in which the team entered and recognized that he had made a serious mistake in the planning that he would try to correct in the winter market.

The Andalusian team, after changing the coach, is in a relegation position in the League and removed from the Champions League, but mainly offers a difficult and worrying image.

“It’s a complicated moment. After twenty odd years as sports director, it’s an ugly situation, but I have the strength and the highest hope to reverse the situation. I have to admit the mistakes, which have been many, but we will go. to do it from the gates inside. I have earned the criticism. If until recently my work was outstanding and now there is criticism, it is because I am not doing well. I accept it with integrity, with strength… and we will find solutions by changing what we do. Just talk less and work hard. People don’t want to listen to me, but they want us to do things” , explained the man from San Fernando, who offered a press conference at the team’s concentration hotel in Manchester, where Sampaoli will face Guardiola’s City this Wednesday in a game with no one scheduled yes

Monchi, who admitted that it was “disappointing to see the classification for any sevillista”, said that he was strong and that he did not think of giving up at any time, as was reported, but instead he had an “internal revenge. “for to the change of situation.

He denies the rumors that brought him out

“What did I think of leaving? No. Not really. Just pretending or thinking would be cowardly. And I’m not. I always show my face, sometimes they destroy it and sometimes they don’t”, he interrupted. while admitting that he had clashes with the president and the vice-president because Sevilla “did not have a single doctrine”.

Monchi also qualified Sampaoli’s words in his press conference on Tuesday, when he said there are irreplaceable players in the squad and there are imbalances within it. “Let’s see, we have to put what he said into context a bit. There are players who don’t have spares because some players are injured. There are still three games before the break. Before we saw it as a pain in the neck and now it will come in handy. We’ll have We have to sit down with the coach, with the executive committee, and look for situations”, he assures, expressing his opinion that the squad has to give more because they are more than they give “The squad has more football and performance than it offers, for sure. We don’t have a squad to be eighteenth. For sure. We have to improve and we will look for solutions together with a series of parameters that we have to put in the shaker”, he finished mentioning the economic issue.

The derby, on everyone’s mind

The Sevilla manager admits that, like all fans, he is thinking about the derby ahead of the game against City. “Today there is a game where nothing is at stake, but we have the shield. Regarding Sunday’s game, if I answer that I don’t think about it, they will call me a fool. It is a game against a very good opponent. who is doing well , but we are Sevilla. They are at their best, but Sevilla don’t have to look back. With the strength and conviction required, knowing that we represent an important part of the city of Seville”.