Ok y’all, hot take here:
The two main problems of Sevilla FC are its fans and Del Nido Sr.
First, Papi Del Nido. He’s fighting against the club at every turn, adding up legal bills, additional board meetings, and lots of unnecessary intrigue to an already challenging environment (changing of the guards from an experienced squad to a new, young squad).
Second, the fans. The Sevilla FC fanbase is one of the most fearsome in the world at their best (most recently seen against Man U and Juventus in 2023). However, while that fearsome nature can be used for good, (ie. fighting against the rival in sporting terms), it can also be used for evil (fighting against the institution itself, in institutional terms).
The total instability of the former empowers the fierce infighting of the latter. And the feckless decisions of management are the result.
PS - I think this is the wrong decision, for the record. GP should have been one more game to rescue the season, a win v Alaves is plenty to put us basically out of the “risk of relegation” zone. That would have left plenty of winnable games for Caparrós to come in if he hadn’t, all Caparrós would have needed was one win in 5. Anyhow, it is what it is, GP wasn’t amazing as a coach, but certainly was never the root cause.
PPS - The real cause of the mess in the short term is a fiscal problem. Until the books ($/€) start to balance, we’ll always be playing with half a deck…and you can only roll the dice on a mediocre/cheap squad for so many seasons before you end up in Segunda. Hopefully we’re headed in the direction of fiscal surplus, but none of us on the outside have enough financial intel to actually know if we’re moving in the right or wrong direction.