Parejo, Rakitic, Kahveci … supplying Banega is Monchi's challenge

Beyond the fact that he continues to star in controversies outside the field, such as that of hanging on the networks the video in a nightclub in Valencia that has had to be quarantined for cases of Covid-19, Sevilla will wait for a last tango from Éver Banega during the next final phase of the Europa League to be played in Germany, if there is no injury or illness involved. The Argentine midfielder will go to Saudi Arabia after having given another exquisite clinic on how a team is organized on the pitch, after the confinement, to decisively contribute to the Nervión team entering the Champions League. There are few, perhaps nobody within reach of Sevilla, like him. And Monchi now has the Herculean task to replace him.

“I hope the best until the last moment. Thank you for what you gave me and my family, I think I have given the best years of my career at Sevilla and I feel that I have already given everything here “. And during two stages. For the first, two years and two Europa Leagues in between, he arrived from Valencia in what was undoubtedly a bargain. The Nervionenses paid 2.5 million for him and they do not want the same thing to happen to them in Mestalla now with Daniel Parejo, that doesn't count in principle for Peter Lim's next project. Parejo is an old aspiration of Monchi, he was about to sign him three seasons ago but finally he stayed at Valencia, which a priori will not be easy for him to go to what they consider one of their main rivals for the noble positions of the board. But the Madrid midfielder is clear: He would love to come to Seville, with a city where he feels at home and where he usually goes, since his wife is Andalusian.

Rakitic is another Monchi right eye to replace Banega, But the economic difficulties with the Croatian become even more complicated, since he receives a salary in Barcelona far from the figures that are managed by Nervión. In their favor, too, that Rakitic has always shown his desire to return to Sánchez Pizjuán.

If neither of these two media operations is carried out, the Seville sports director will trust his clinical eye to bring a younger and unknown midfielder, but also with much less sure performance. At this point, the favorites are two players for whom it has already been negotiated and who also agree to visit Nervión. One is French Maxime López, 24, who is a member of the Olympique de Marseille. And another is in Turkey: Irfan Can Kahveci, who has led the surprising Ottoman league champion, the Basaksehir from Istanbul, is looking forward to moving to Nervion. Maxime and Kahveci would cost between eight and 12 million euros.