The sports director of Seville, Ramon Rodríguez Verdejo, Monchihas revealed which player from Juventusthe Andalusians’ rival this Thursday in the semifinals of the Europa League, tried to sign this summer.
The Nervionense executive acknowledged that the Seville tried to sign gleison bremer last market, but the Juventusan entity with more economic power, took the cat out of the water for 35 million euros after having a good time in Turin. “Last summer I wanted to sign Bremer, but it was impossible,” he assured in an interview for the Italian newspaper ‘tuttosport‘.
Monchi He believes his team has options against the Turin colossus, but admits he has a squad with plenty of potential making him favourite. “If you look at their starting eleven, you realize that they are all strong. Then, if you look at the bench, you think the same. It’s hard to imagine that Juve is not strong,” he said, adding that he feels a predilection for in Church: “One of the players that impressed me was Federico Chiesa. When I was in Italy he was in Florence and for me he was a special player.”
The native of San Fernando refused to be a candidate for the sports management of Juve despite the fact that the Italians are looking for a manager of their profile. “In my mind now there is only Sevilla FC and the desire to turn the nightmare into a dream”.
He wants Roma in the final
However, the Seville He is highly respected in Europe. “We beat teams stronger than us: Inter, Manchester United, Benfica, Liverpool… This is our story and why can’t it be repeated this time? We know it will be difficult. We also know that it has been a difficult season for Juve, so winning the Europa League will be a big achievement for them too. But in our history we have overcome very difficult obstacles and that is why we have to believe that we can do it again.”
In addition, he announced that he wanted, in the event of going to the final in Budapest, to meet the Rome , his former team as sports director. “Yes, for two reasons: because it means that Roma and Sevilla have passed the round. That’s too good.”
Source: La Verdad
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