Sign next wunderkind(s) - keep for at least 2/3 seasons. Make Cantera productive again.
Qualify from group stage of CL.
Make more & better English language content for a global audience. Grow fanbase in Americas & Asia.
Get a better kit maker - cool kits = on club.
However given that Sevilla canāt compete financially with at least 2/3 teams in La Liga & every team in EPL, growing the club will be difficult in the short term as every good player the club has is inevitably snatched away.
Itās really difficult to be a āselling clubā alone and compete with the big boys in the league. A team like Dortmund can do this because theyāre the second biggest team in a league that produces a lot of talent, so they can hoover up (some of) the best domestic players and sell them on for a profit.
You all make a great point. I think these two are the most important.
Upgrading that youth development system we have, and try to bring it up to par with the best.
Work to grow the brand in both Spanish speaking areas and abroad. Something that might be hard for the board to do. Because they probably have to spend a lot of money to level up and start making money.
Iām very grateful for where we are and how far weāve gone, but at the same time, Iām not content with just finishing 4th and winning the EL. As great as that can be, why canāt we push and win our first La Liga title in 80 years or threaten to win the CL one day?
Iām just not sure the board is willing to do what is necessary to make that happen.
I looked into this a bit last summer as we have kids who are interested in soccer camps. A lot of the big teams, especially EPL teams have summer camps in the US, partly to build their brand and partly to feed into their academies. Last summer we spent the majority of it in Florida. We were looking for a camp in the Miami area and Sevilla supposedly had an Academy in the area. Really it was more of rec teams that Sevilla sponsored. It wasnāt really competitive teams. They also have a team in Boston but again itās more of a rec team.
In Miami, PSG has a huge Academy. There are a few other teams that also have academies and weeklong camps in the area. Sevilla would do well to replicate this model a bit in the US as soccer is only growing and the pool of athletes is increasing.
Thatās why you need the youth camps and to grow your brand, not to buy a bunch of one and done players that will flop or be stuck with you leaking money out of the club
There is a meeting still to come today with the board. They are still requesting he pay his release clause to leave for another club (canāt blame them there).
Nah, Iām not trying to avoid it or deny it. I just know that speculating on if/when/where he will go is exhaustingly worthless. Given the state of Spanish and English news sources, itās damn near impossible to find any actual updates.
If Monchi wants to leave then fine. Pay the clause and go. But when he fails again with a large budget like he did at Roma I donāt want him running back here. Him leaving right now leaves a sour taste after he had a terrible year of transfers barring a few like Bade.
Letās not be so quick to make Monchi the villain here. This man loves Sevilla, and if he leaves, it is likely due to those above him in the board room.
Every one of us would look for a new job if we felt unsupported or maligned by our superiors. We shouldnāt expect anything else from Monchi.
on club.
