“That Sergio Ramos wants to go to Sevilla? And I want a plane”

The president of Seville, jose castrobecame dull leaving zero options that Sergio Ramos back to the nervionense group. Faced with repeated questions from journalists on the arrival of the expedition in Athens, where Mendilibar’s men will play this Wednesday in the European Super Cup against Manchester City, the president was blunt and excluded the former Real Madrid defender has never been ever. “an option.”

In addition, Castro joked when he was reminded of the strong desire the veteran defender has to return to Sevilla. “I don’t know what to say now, the sports director has said it, the vice president has said it and I will say it: I have nothing against Sergio Ramos, who is an exceptional player, but it is true. that within what we have planned for our squad, it doesn’t fit in. In Sevilla it has never been an option”, he said.

With the insistence of the press and, also because of the failures of Badé and Gattoni against Valencia together with the repeated injuries of Nianzou and Marcao, the president became more forceful, joking about the wishes of Sergio Ramos himself: “What do you want him to play in Seville? And I want a plane. Give it to me, so I can travel privately”, he commented between laughs.

The president also addressed team news and market rumors. Castro confirmed that there was no offer for Bono, although he did not know if he would continue long-term at Sevilla, and referred to Aston Villa’s alleged offer for Acuña, something that also did not exist.

“I am not going to broadcast any negotiation. Our team is a team with champion players and champions have a price. If an offer comes, we will study it. If it comes and if we understand that it is good and it corresponds to the amount, in addition to helping us grow, we will; if he does not meet those requirements, he will stay at Sevilla, nothing will happen”, explained the president, who also spoke about the difficulty of playing for a title against at Manchester City. “We are very happy with the possibility of winning a new title. It is difficult, this is the best team in the world, but we are also champions. Great victories are for champions, we will try to make it very difficult for City. “If we want to win another Super Cup, we have to try. We will play against a good team. But Sevilla are not frowning, especially not in the finals.”

Castro took down the stumbling block at the start of the league against Valencia and, given the new no-extension rule, he joked: “I would settle for going to penalties, because we have won the last ones.”