Monchi: “There are times when I have doubts as to whether I am a good boss”

Monchi, the motivator. Monchi, the boss. The sports director of Sevilla took advantage of a presentation at the VII Impúlsame event, in the Seville town of Mairena del Alcor, to talk about the importance of leading a group well: “Sometimes I have doubts as to whether I am a good boss. I am a boss, a very close leader, but because fundamentally I want them to also consider themselves leaders, people capable of making decisions. I tell them, imagine that I don't come to work for a month, and you have to plan a work week, a preseason, a match day or a scouting day … Do it yourselves. It is good that when you manage a group you make them feel that the successes are theirs and when things do not go well the culprit is you. So you get them to keep moving forward and keep making decisions. “

King Midas of world football is in favor of delegating: “In a world as complex as football, with the scouting plot, the scouts, those who see the footballers, if you do not convey to the scout that any decision he makes will go To be important when buying or selling a player, it can lead to relaxation. It is important to convey to him that any information that they are going to give me will be key and fundamental in order to make a decision. “

The man from Cádiz also spoke about the need for self-esteem: “If a player goes well, the responsibility is my scout; if he comes out regular it is both of us and if he goes bad I have done it. And that also goes with the footballer's plot, in trying to boost the successes and not hide the errors, because it is good to make mistakes, but to mark the path to correct “.

And he put En Nesyri as an example: “When we were playing the final of the European Super Cup, in the last minute En Nesyri had a scoring chance, Neuer stopped it and in extra time we lost the final. in error or trying to boost self-esteem. I remember how I used to talk to Youssef on the pitch and told him, today you have missed a goal, but in your career you will give us many goals that will be important. This season En Nesyri has scored 24 goals, It is the LaLiga player whose goals have meant the most points and it is the way I understand to enhance self-esteem: the error can appear, but you have to mark the way so that the professional, the employee, the subordinate, grows in the error. In short, the good things you do, the bad things I do “.