It has been proven over and over again for the last, at least 3-4 years, that we don’t do anything valuable with the money that we get from selling players. We don’t even replace players in a strategic way… so we better keep what we have and only get rid of the ones we don’t want to have in the team.
Selling Juanlu, currently one of the best RWB’s in La Liga would be plain stupid at this point.
I dunno, I see your arguments here, but in my view, the only convincing financial argument I’ve ever heard about Sevilla FC’s financial troubles are this:
We have tried to hold on for too long to promising players and then once we decide we are ready to sell, they have lost their market value.
In other words, what got us into financial ruin was refusing to sell-high since 2019ish. So continuing that pattern seems to be unlikely to help…or am I wrong here?
Also which ambitious talented players, are willing to come join us in January and basically enter a house that’s on fire, to try and salvage it.
The ones who have a lot of options? Probably not.
The ones with problematic situations at their club already and are looking for a way out. Or the ones that look further than this season and love to grow at our club independent of results, but those might be rare. Another big challenge for Orta.
There’s again talk of the wage bill being too high to incorporate any new players. We know Fernando is halfway out the door, but who else should follow?
It would both parties if Rafa Mir found another club. I don’t know what the issue is with Jordán (injury? form? personal?), but i see him in a similar boat.
I doubt 2024 is the year for Marcão, and i have given up on him long term. For his sake, i hope he can score a loan somewhere so he can rehabilitate slowly. Should the same apply for Nianzou? I’d say between him & Gattoni, we should at least get an experienced CB to come in. All we have is Bade.
Lastly, both Acuña & Lamela are free agents in the summer. We can cut ties with both, since we need younger options anyway. Acuña can still do a job, but if there’s offer for him, i hope we don’t impede on those. As for Lamela, he’s too injury prone, and we let go of Tecatito for the same reasons. Not to mention Ocampos & Suso are in the same age bracket, and we already need to improve on them.
The winter window isn’t the best time to complete many deals, but we should be clear on at least a few names that vacate some roster spots.
i feel like acuna and navas will be sorely missed as they provided solidity in both attack and defense. despite this, pedrosa will provide a smooth transition away from acuna, but juanlu has been struggling in the league in my eyes. maybe a more experienced full back could be in our transfer books?
In my opinion, our two biggest spots to fill are striker and centerback.
nianzou has played well this season, but we need more options when it comes to solid starters. no clue why gattoni hasnt been playing for us but he was great with san lorenzo
when it comes to our striker situation its hard to see where we can go from here. we need someone who can help us out during the buildup and help create chances and yen isnt the striker for that. isaac romero looks like a good option, but i think signing someone (or playing dodi or ocampos out of position) would be our best bet
Even if he doesn’t leave, we may need to buy a striker … Consider this your unwelcome monthly reminder that we’re about to lose YEN for a huge chunk of Jan and into February. Mariano better come back and in big form in January, if not.
Can’t believe how bad of luck we’ve had on strikers. So many weaker clubs with much smaller budgets have found solid strikers on the market, and we’re somehow unable to find a consistent striker since maybe 2018. Ben Yedder?
I often wonder if we’re better off just switching formations to play sans striker and admitting that we have no chance up front.