Sevilla

[Sven]

Bigger question, what will happen to there biggest star, Jaunde Ramos.

[Pennywise]

Which club shall then hire him ?

[Sven]

Real Madraid or Barce. He would be a brilliant coach, I think they won't go for him now, because this season he will get CL experience, though any more, if he does good i.e anything above QTR final with Sevilla then these two giants have to go for him, he's brilliant, like I say, only manager I wouldn't mind to over take Jose when he leaves.

[Pennywise]

Barca will continue Frank and Madrid will 96 % for sure go for Schuster.

[Pat Murphy]

Dani Alves it looks like Real are the favourites along with his stay in Seville. Real apparently offered Cicinho to Roma a few days ago so they might be paving a move for Dani Alves.

Also Juande Ramos used to be the coach of Barcelona B just as Rafa Benitez used to be the coach of Real Madrid B. A lot of people expect the pair of them to return to Barca and Real one day. If Rijkaard left then my number 1 choice would be Juande Ramos. In fact if I was Prez then I'd probably show Frank the door now to bring in Juande.

[Pat Murphy]

Sevilla In Ramos Talks

Sevilla are in talks with coach Juande Ramos about an extension to his contract.

The 52-year-old has one year left on his current deal and the club are keen to tie him to a long-term contract.

"We are speaking with him. He has a year more on his contact and in the club's future plans the opinion of Juande is fundamental," said Monchi, who this week signed a new contract to keep himself at the club until 2012.

"At the moment there is no new news and we need to proceed with calm."

In the 2005/06 season, his first in charge, Ramos led the club to the Uefa Cup.

He emulated that feat last season and also won the Copa del Rey, beating Getafe in the final.

Ramos, who led Sevilla to a third place finish last season, has recently been linked with Manchester City.

from Goal.com

Goal.com - Spain - Sevilla In Ramos Talks

[Pennywise]

Sevillas Diego Capel is the biggest talents from Spain I have seen in my whole life. At least one of them.

He is like Messi. What a player.

I hope Madrid drop Reyes and use the money on this player.

ManUtd and Arsenal have been after him, but he wants to stay in Spain according to himself.

[Pat Murphy]

He's been a mentioned as a talent for about 2 years now and I think if Sevilla want him to fulfill his potential they should look to loan him out to a lower midtable team like Recre as it would be great for him to get minutes as he has Navas in the way at Sevilla.

I'm not sure if he can play Left Wing and Right Wing but maybe a season loan will do him good and he can come into the squad to replace Adriano or Puerta on the Left Wing or alternatively sell him.

[Pat Murphy]

Chelsea Make Alves Bid

Radio Marca claim that Chelsea have tabled a 23 million bid in order to sign Daniel Alves.

The Blues upped the ante to land Sevilla wing-back Daniel Alves late on Monday evening.

The discussions between Sevilla and Chelsea began over the transfer of Khalid Boulahrouz, with the Uefa Cup winners looking to seal a 5-6m euro move for the Dutchman.

And agreement over the former Hamburg man is said to be close, but the Blues took the opportunity to make a 23 million euro approach for the Brazilian wing-back.

Sevilla have refused the bid for the moment, insisting that they want 25 million euros. However a difference of 2 million euros is unlikely to stand in the way.

Peter Kenyon tried to make Boulahrouz a part of the deal, but Sevilla president Del Nido wants to keep the two deals separate, supposedly because should Daniel Alves leave, he would rather sign a specialist right back, and not the Dutchman.

However, what seems clear is that Chelsea have decided to move for La Liga's best right-back. The radio report seems to be consistent with Del Nido's rather public 25 million demand for Alves, made a while ago.

from Goal.com

Goal.com - England - Chelsea Make 23m Daniel Alves Bid - Report

Reported in Goal, Spanish radio and papers and English papers and various other places.

Sevilla are apparently interested in Bouhlarouz but didn't want him as part of this deal. Chelsea have offered 23m Euros (£15.1m) but Sevilla want 25m Euros (£16.5m). Even if they agree in a price I doubt the move will go through yet without Madrid fighting it to the death.


In another story Sevilla have also been linked with Ujfalusi from Fio who has refused to commit to a new contract and Aitor Ocio may find his way to Bilbao after the elections there.

[Pat Murphy]

Sevilla Claim De Sanctis Deal

Morgan de Sanctis will be unveiled as a Sevilla player on Tuesday after agreeing to join the UEFA Cup holders, the Andalucian club has announced.

The 30-year-old goalkeeper became the first player in Italian football to rescind his own contract, which he did to force a move out of Udinese.

Pietro Leonardi, Udinese's chief operating officer, confirmed that the player had used a new FIFA rule to "voluntarily and unilaterally" rescind his contract".

"It is the first case of a formal request being received to do this in Italy," Leonardi added.

Sevilla claim that they have agreed a deal with the keeper, despite reports linking him with a move to Lazio.

"The Italian goalkeeper, Morgan de Sanctis, is Sevilla FC's first signing for the 07/08 season," a statement on the Spanish club's website read.

"The former Udinese custodian will be presented tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium."

De Sanctis' capture means that David Cobeño will now be sold after he refused to be play for the B team, Sevilla Atlético, in la Segunda A next term.

Despite making several first team appearances last season, Cobeño is second choice to Andrés Palop, but was confident of dislodging the number one.

from Goal.com

Goal.com - Sevilla - Sevilla Claim De Sanctis Deal


He's unlikely to dislodge Palop at first, I'd have thought he'd move to a team where he'd be number 1.

[Trim]

Just saw on TV news here, Portsmouth are in talks with Freddy Kanoute.
Sevilla wants 15m.

[Trim]

Found the article..

Sevilla Want €15m For Kanouté From Portsmouth

Frédéric Kanouté has held talks with Portsmouth over a move, but Sevilla have slapped a €15m price tag on his head to ward off losing him on the cheap.

The Malian international has admitted that he wants one final pay day and would be willing to extend his deal in Spain if a rise was on the table.

Portsmouth are willing to match his demands although they may be put off after Sevilla president José María del Nido revealed that he is not willing to Kanouté without a fight.

"If any club is interested in Kanoute the minimum price is €15m (£10m)," he said.

Kanouté's agent, Christophe Mangoui, met with Pompey director, Peter Storrie, in Paris recently and is keen to wrap up a deal to take the former Tottenahm and West Ham striker back to the Premiership.

The 30-year-old has admitted that he is not desperate to leave Sevilla, but just wants to be paid what he believes he deserves.

"He is very happy where is, but he is 30 and wants one final good contract of his career," Mangoui said.

"Negotiations with Sevilla over a new deal have stalled."

In a bid to show some loyalty to the Spanish outfit, Kanouté has said that he wants talks to continue, but admitted that if he were to leave then he would like to return to England.

"I need to speak with the club because I want to earn more money," he insisted. "I am happy in Sevilla but I want to be valued like my team-mates.

"Now there are offers and they are interesting to me. The decision will be in my hands.

"If Sevilla do decide to sell me I will not create any problems but logically I want to decide my future.

"If I do leave Sevilla my destination will be England."

Goal.com - Sevilla - Sevilla Want €15m For Kanouté From Portsmouth

[D-Kin]

A historic signing, De Sanctis becomes the first Italian to excercise FIFA's new rule.

Although if he isn't guaranteed a starting place it begs the question of why he was desperate to leave Udinese.

[Trim]

Kanoute would be a great buy from Porsmouth.
And I guess a good move for Kanoute himself.
Don't know if Kanoute is ready to sacrifice a chance to play in Champions League though.

Btw, Arsenal should have went for Kanoute.
He'd be a perfect replacement for Henry, they're similar.

[Mighty T.A.L.]

Boulahrouz heading for Sevilla

Chelsea defender Khalid Boulahrouz is closing on completing a £3.5million move to Sevilla.

The Dutchman failed to live up to his £7million price tag in his first season with The Blues and will depart Stamford Bridge this summer and head for Spain in a cut-price deal.

Boulahrouz would be well down the pecking order at Chelsea next season after Jose Mourinho signed Tal Ben Haim on a free transfer, while Brazilian Alex is finally set to join.

Sevilla have offered him a route out of Chelsea and the Spanish club hope to wrap up the capture of the 25-year-old in the near future.

"We are now waiting on a definitive answer from Chelsea and the player," sporting director Ramon Rodriguez Monchi is quoted in the Daily Mirror.

Source: Skysports