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Homar: Sevilla na dead club like liverpool their glory days are over .

The competition is hotting up for the signature of Czech defender Tomas Sivok, with his agent affirming that Sevilla are keen to close a deal following the expiration of his current link with Besiktas.

The centre-back caught the eye during Czech Republic's Euro 2012 campaign, where he helped his side to reach the quarter-finals with a string of solid performances.

Sevilla had looked likely to sign the 28-year-old, but his agent Jiri Mueller now claims that the Spanish club must see off interest from England in order to complete the deal.

"We have opened official talks with Sevilla and would like to have things sorted out as soon as possible," Mueller told CTK.

"We also have registered interest from a club in the Premier League and Besiktas have come back into the race as they want to keep Tomas."

Sivok has made 30 international appearances for the Czech national team, scoring three times.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/722/la-liga/2012/06/24/3198295/besiktas-sivok-opens-talks-with-sevilla-says-agent

SEVILLE FC RETURN TO UMBRO AFTER 11 SEASONS

Monchi: The man who made Sevilla

It was in the autumn of 2003 that I first realised that it was time to know a hell of a lot more about Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo. Also known as "Monchi." Also known as the brains behind Sevilla FC's football operation since retiring as their goalkeeper about three years previously (and subsequently for the ensuing 11 years).

Monchi, ladies and gentlemen, is the reason that the city of Sevilla, one of Spain's most prodigious and important talent factories, has a team in the Primera Division.

He may, although this is hypothetical and hard to prove, also be the reason that Sevilla still has two football clubs. Because how this organisation would have survived the dearth of money for clubs outside the big three or four over the past handful of years if they didn't have this 45-year-old 'Big Brain' of football watching over them is a mystery to me.

Temporarily, however, back to the autumn of 2003. A friend of mine, a football lawyer by trade, had been at Highbury to do business and spotted a taxi being called for a Ramon Rodriguez. It was evidently a football matter given the fuss being made over the Spanish visitor and, one tip-off later, I was on the case.

The deal turned out to be Jose Antonio Reyes, about whom most Gunners will have mixed feelings -- but not so in Sevilla.

He's back there now, with his hometown club, but the 2003 sale to Arsenal -- for significantly more than it cost Barcelona to buy Ronaldinho six months earlier -- was the beginning of a selling spree where Monchi's prodigies, like Julio Baptista and Sergio Ramos, earned Los Rojiblancos close to a 90 million-euro profit.

In fact, rather than Monchi, his nickname should be "Margin". His metallurgical ability to spot, sign and plump up a player other clubs are simply not interested in and then sell him for a huge profit is simply remarkable.

Not every single time. Not everything he touches turns to gold or else he'd be "Midas" not Monchi. But I don't believe that in modern times there's a trader of horseflesh anywhere in football with a record to compare to his.

In his time he's either helped promote from Sevilla's youth structure or signed to the club: Dani Alves, Freddie Kanoute, Luis Fabiano, Julio Baptista, Sergio Ramos, Jose Antonio Reyes, Andres Palop, Adriano, Renato, Gary Medel, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo, Seydou Keita, Christian Poulsen, Alberto Moreno, Kevin Gameiro, Enzo Maresca, Carlos Bacca, Diego Lopez and Ivan Rakitic.

Not all have been sold, a couple were allowed to leave for free given their age. But every single one of those players has brought, or will bring, vastly more to Sevilla in terms of sale price, prestige, sponsorship and trophies than they cost to acquire.

By the time they are all sold, I'd estimate it'll be at a net profit of around 200 million euros.

And the cherry on the icing, certainly for me because this is not an accountant's column, is that Monchi the Margin Man's driving philosophy is that he and his network can buy short and sell long but all the while, win trophies. Thus it is that during his time as the grey matter behind the club, Sevilla have reached 10 finals (including Tuesday's UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid) and won seven of them.

http://www.espnfc.com/blog/espn-fc-united-blog/68/post/1981765/monchi-the-man-who-made-sevilla

Alberto Moreno admits it was difficult to leave Sevilla, but he is looking forward to the new challenge of playing for Liverpool in the Premier League.

The left-back was taken out of the Sevilla team that faced Real Madrid in the UEFA Supercup on Tuesday and the 22-year-old was emotional after the match, as he bade farewell to the fans and team-mates.

The Spain international was at the club’s Melwood training ground on Wednesday to finalise a £12 million move to Anfield and he told ABC de Sevilla that he felt sad leaving his boyhood club, but Liverpool is a good step in his career.

“I am living a strange situation because I’m leaving the club of my life. I was always aware of the two teams (trying) to agree. I never got into that but Sevilla have understood that Liverpool’s offer was good and I am going.

“(I have) many feelings together. What happened on the pitch, with the fans, will remain forever etched on me and I could not help but mourn because I did not expect it.

“First came the parting with colleagues, then with the fans…all very complicated. Liverpool are a great team and of course I’m super-motivated. I hope things go well.”

http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/120257/alberto-moreno-its-a-strange-situation-because-im-leaving-the-club-of-my-life/

A statement released by Barcelona on Thursday confirmed the assignment for the promising winger.

“FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC have reached an agreement in principle for the loan of Gerard Deulofeu to the Andalusian club for the 2014-15 season, an operation designed to ensure that he gets to play as many games as possible and therefore develop as a footballer.”

It was reported on Thursday morning that Deulofeu was likely to join former Barcelona B teammate, Denis Suarez in Andalusia, after the 20-year-old failed to convince manager Luis Enrique that he was worthy of more consistent playing time with the first team.

Deulofeu will not undergo his standard medical before officially being presented by Sevilla and joining his new teammates as they prepare for their 2014-15 La Liga and Europa League title defense.

http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/120392/barcelonas-gerard-deulofeu-joins-sevilla-on-loan/