The Argentine attacker Lucas Ocampos said goodbye this Tuesday tears as a footballer of Sevilla, after his transfer to Rayados from Monterrey, and with the feeling of having “lived in something more than a club” and his five years in the Andalusian capital meant “more than a simple step in an institution.”
Ocampos, along with his wife and two daughters, He said in the anteroom of the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium that he leaves “being a Sevillista for all” his “life” experienced during his time at the Seville club “moments that he will never” erase “in his head , good and bad moments, like the present.”
Regarding the current situation of the team in which he has played 208 games, with 44 goals and 22 assists, since his arrival in 2019, the international advised with the Albiceleste to “unite” and asked for “trust from the people ” because he is “sure that the players will reverse this situation”, which he also has “full confidence in the coach”, Xavi García Pimienta.
The versatile Argentine player, who arrived from Olympique de Marseille, emphasized that he knows, from being “inside the locker room, who is leading and who is not” in the current Sevilla and ensured that “The people there have personality and will pull the car so it doesn’t sink” despite a bad start to the season.
The winger, winner of two Europa League trophies with Sevilla (2020 and 2023), considers that, “at the age of 30, the Rayados option appeared” and that his transfer also serves to “leave a little” money in the club’s coffers as he faces his final contract campaign, as he wants to “exit well” from the entity.
He further explained that He went to Mexico “to continue competing” in what has been “a family and personal decision”, which he defined left “all parties happy, although it was not easy.”
“I’m proud of everyone who makes up this club. I said goodbye after five years to a club that had become a family. I can’t put into words how hard it is to show these words. I thank you Monchi having bet on me, all the coaches; in Mendilibar for giving me a smile after a few tough months at Ajax Lopetegui, who became a father to me,” he said. Ocampos.
He Already a Rayados footballer He claimed to have “absolutely enjoyed until the last game with Sevilla”, where he was “one hundred percent happy, even in bad weather”, since he arrived “as a 25-year-old young man ” and here he had “the honor and responsibility of wearing the captain’s armband.
“I leave half of my heart in this institution to which I gave everything,” concluded the Argentine, accompanied by the president of Sevilla, José María del Nido Carrascohis vice president, José Castro, Captain Jesus Navas and some players from the current squad.
At the event, Ocampos couldn’t hold back tears when a video showing his best moments as a Sevilla player was shown and he was also touched by the farewell messages sent from former teammates like Moroccan. Bond, Squirethe Brazilian Fernando, the Croatian Rakitic or his countrymen Banega, Acuña, Mudo Vázquez or Papu Gómezamong others.
Source: La Verdad
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