The sporting general director of Sevilla, Ramón Rodríguez, 'Monchi', assured this Monday that he still has “rope” and thus specified a phrase from a recent interview with BBC Sport in which He warned that he was not going to continue in the shit “for a long time.”
Monchi participated, via telematics, in the 'Solidarity Boxing Day' of the Galician Football Federation, a talk with the journalist César Méndez which also answered questions from viewers and in which he contextualized his statements to the British media.
“I said that phrase, but it would have to be contextualized. The question is if I am going to stay for a long time and I say no because I also need to spend time with my family, to my friends and to my. That doesn't mean I'm leaving tomorrow but not that I'm going to hold on to the job forever“, he claimed.
The head of the sports area of the Andalusian team indicated that When he sees that circumstances do not “thrill” him as they do now, he will take a step to the side. “But it won't be soon; I still have rope“said Monchi, who explained that he is involved” a lot in the day-to-day life of the club, ” something that makes “enchanted”.
The exporter reviewed his beginnings in the world of sports management, which he arrived at “by chance.” “I was studying law to practice law, but I am retiring very soon due to an injury, I become a delegate and They appoint me sports director because there was no other and because I find it hard to say no. What I experienced these last twenty years I had never thought. Reality has exceeded dreams “, said.
His path has been successful: “If 20 years ago they told me that Sevilla in the 21st century is the club that has played the most finals in Europe, I don't believe it. Not even the most sevillista would have dreamed of it. “In this context, he said that the fact that” there is criticism when Sevilla loses it means that the team has grown a lot. “ Monchi pointed out that he “likes to be close to the dressing room” and for that he has a team he trusts, Fernando Navarro.
To study the market in Seville, has a network of scouts headed by Emilio de Dios who divide the year into two phases, a first in which they see “a lot of football”, about “35-40 championships”, and a second, starting in January, to see the previously selected players.
In recent months marked by the coronavirus, Monchi pointed out that an organization was receptive to the economic cuts that it had to propose. “One of my prides is the dressing room I have at Sevilla. I'm talking about costumes and organization, the club in general. Players, employees, grassroots coaches you tell them to make an effort and then you spend all day touching the nose with the gel, the mask, and I admit that I am very heavy, but they accept it“, he indicated.
The head of Sevilla considered that this season's equality in the LaLiga classification is not given by the economic consequences of the coronavirus, but it comes from further back. “This equality had come into view in recent seasons, with championships in which Madrid and Barcelona did not go to 100 points, but to 80-90, where there are options“, indicated Monchi, who considered that the real reasons are the television distribution and that” the clubs are working better and better.