From touching their second European Super Cup, from being about to make the Champions League champion kneel and take continental glory, to being about to become a simple team, without some of their best players. Sevilla faces a dizzying panorama due to the whims of the market. Its first pillar to leave is the goalkeeper Bono, tempted by the petrodollars from Saudi Arabia. He goes to Al-Hilal of Neymar and Koulibaly, others abducted by Saudi football.
The reactions did not wait on the night in Athens, after losing the Super Cup on penalties with Manchester City. Mendilibar exploded when he saw that he was left without his best players, to begin with, without the goalkeeper Bono, who no longer returned to Seville. He stayed in the Greek capital to close his transfer to the Saudi club for around 20 million euros, according to what El Diario de Sevilla published.
“It is uncertainty, until September 1 you don’t know what can happen, what can come, what can leave. It’s a shame. I’ve said it 40,000 times, I don’t understand how this is set up like this, but it is what it is, period “, complained the Basque coach at the press conference in Piraeus.
“We don’t know which people we are going to stay with. Last season I said that I had good players and that I would like these good footballers to stay even if no more came, but it is difficult for them to stay because they are touching my nose from all the sides”, Mendilibar warmed up, because of the fronts that are open to him: Bono sucked in by Arabia, En-Nesyri tempted by the Saudis, with interest from Italy and England, and Acuña, negotiating for Aston Villa de Monchi, against whom the Basque dart…
Mendilibar resigns. “In the end, it’s normal for them to leave. They talk to the players before they do with the club, they agree with them, they offer misery to the club but they deceive the player. It’s difficult. And a player who has a two-year contract and They’re touching their noses. They say there are sanctions and things like that, but I don’t finish seeing them.”
