Last Saturday’s Sevilla-Valencia match had a rare audience at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. Monchi, former Nervion sports director and currently at Aston Villa as head of football operations, attended the meeting and sat on the sidelines in the box next to Jesús Navas in the first meeting in which the legend did not wear shorts after his official retirement.
At first his presence in Sánchez Pizjuán was associated with a short-term visit, taking advantage of his trip to Spain to watch football and try to catch something in the winter market. He is at Rayo Vallecano-Celta with the aim of following the evolution of Óscar Mingueza, who is with him in his goals.
But L’Equipe newspaper assures this Monday that Aston Villa are interested in Loïc Badé and Monchi has started even contact with Sevilla, although they have yet to present a formal offer. The man from Cadiz brought Badé to Sevilla in January 2023 on loan from Rennes and saved him from a disastrous loan at Nottingham Forest, where he did not play a single minute. The Parisian took the opportunity and stayed at Nervión when Sevilla made the purchase option effective.
But it is this summer when Badé exploded around the world with his performance at the Olympic Games in Paris, where France, with the Sevilla player as a regular starter, won the silver medal, which earned him offers from clubs such as Rome and Stuttgart and to start the calling of Deschamps for the senior team.
Monchi went to Sánchez Pizjuán joined by his right-hand man at Aston Vila, Damià Vidagany. own Garcia Pimienta this Friday also specified the possibility of the departure of Badé (or Juanlu) new offers that can reach Sevilla. “That shows the potential Sevilla have. Badé, who is international in France and Juanlu, Olympic champion. If they ever leave, which I hope they don’t, we must replace them. The sports leadership informed me that Sevilla does not close its doors to anything and is in a position to replace whatever comes out,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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