Returned to Sevilla to help it grow, says Monchi

Seville: Sevilla’s new sporting director Ramon Rodriguez, best known as Monchi, said he had not returned to the Spanish team because it was in trouble but in a bid to help it grow.

Monchi, 50, left the Spanish team in 2017 to join Roma, but he split with the Serie A team earlier this month and decided to return to Spain, reports Xinhua news agency.

“I am not here to save anyone, Sevilla are not in any problems. I am here because the vision they have fits in perfectly with the vision I have and want for Sevilla in the future,” Monchi said at a press conference held at Seville’s Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium on Monday.

The former Sevilla goalkeeper, who played in a total of 115 matches, rejoined the Spanish club amid changes in the Andalusian side that were carried out with the aim of recovering its past glory.

The team that dominated the Europa League for three consecutive seasons — 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 — saw its run at Europe’s second-tier club competition come to an end at the hands of Slavia Praha in the round of 16. IANS

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