Sevilla’s future has been plunged into uncertainty after talks with a consortium led by Sergio Ramos to take over the club have collapsed. The former defender and his group of investors had been talks for months, but it looks as if a deal will not come to fruition. Los Nervionenses have been a hotbed of malcontent for some time, with the fans regularly expressing their frustration with the current board of directors over the past three years. It looked as if an end to their conflict was in sight, following Ramos’ bid for the club. Yet it seems that the deal is for the time being off.Sergio Ramos bid to take over Sevilla collapsesAs explained by El Correo de Andalucía (via Sport), the purchasing group Five Eleven have altered the conditions of the original proposal that was agreed in January. they were set to pay €450m for 86,000 shares, taking the majority control of the club. Yet after conducting their due diligence, they have reportedly changed their offer.Having examined Sevilla’s accounts, the reported new offer was closer to around €250m for 30,000 shares, and payment schedule over the next year. This would give Ramos and Five Eleven a say in decision-making without taking full control of the club, and is set to be rejected by the majority shareholders.Sevilla in limbo due to ownership talksIt does leave Sevilla in something a difficult position, with no project in place. Manager Luis Garcia Plaza is awaiting word from the club on his continuity, with his deal running until 2027, but there has been talk Ramos was keen on poaching Getafe manager Jose Bordalas, but he too is in limbo. Understandably, Sevilla had put off making decisions about next season due to the takeover bid. Sporting Director Antonio Cordon has also left the club after it was decided he would not continue.The post Sergio Ramos deal to purchase Sevilla collapses as uncertainty reigns appeared first on Football España.

Barcelona will be busy this summer, with the plan being for big-money signings to be made – although these must be bankrolled by exits, given the club’s well-documented financial issues.The idea is for big money to be spend on a new centre-back and striker, while progress is also being made towards a deal for Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon. Barcelona believe they can sign all of their desired targets, although there must be players moved on to help their cause.And with Gordon possibly coming in, it’s natural that one or two wingers could be on their way out. Roony Bardghji is a candidate to leave, and the same can now be said for La Masia talent Toni Fernandez, with MD reporting that he’s attracting interest from Sevilla.Fernandez, who has been on the radar of Flick for some time despite only being 17 years of age, is keen to make the step-up from Barca Atletic this summer. If it becomes clear that a first team promotion won’t be considered – which would be almost certain if Gordon arrives – then it is very likely that he moves on.Barcelona have a big decision to make with FernandezSevilla will have seen the success of Jan Virgili, who left Barcelona last summer for Mallorca, as an indication that going to La Masia could be worthwhile. Sergio Ramos, who is set to purchase a leading stake in his boyhood club, is of this opinion, as he is the one that is driving the Andalusians’ interest in the teenager.If it is decided that Fernandez does leave Barcelona this summer, it is almost certain that they will seek to retain control of his future – either with a significant sell-on clause or a buy-back option. Either way, it would be a big surprise if the Catalans didn’t continue having a say, given the talent that the teenage winger possesses.The post Sevilla line up Barcelona forward as first signing of Sergio Ramos era appeared first on Football España.

Written by Harry Gillies.In the final act of a European season, a lack of Spanish teams is certainly off script. This century, Spain’s clubs have amassed a copious haul of trophies, winning a combined 24 major European titles. But the nation’s grand clubs will be absent from this year’s Champions League and Europa League finals, with attention switching to the Spanish managers who have revolutionised teams around Europe. As for the Conference League Final, one barrio team has a shot at making history. There was something ominous about Real Madrid President Florentino Perez when he announced his Super League masterplan to the world five years ago. In El Chiringuito’s studio, the clinical businessman sat in his chair, casually laying out the idea of a European competition for the richest and most powerful. Having seduced 11 other clubs into his scheme, including Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, the tycoon had every intention of establishing a new elite order, seemingly unmoved by the suggestion that it could devastate European football. The Super League was officially pronounced dead in February. It is fitting that La Liga’s most humble club have Spain’s only chance at European glory this season. Florentino probably wouldn’t blink if Rayo Vallecano disappeared from the footballing map, let alone never compete internationally – the team from Vallecas are the antithesis of Los Blancos. Known as ‘the pride of the working class’, Rayo hold a special sense of identity and value for their neighbourhood in Madrid. The squad regularly engages with local people – players even volunteer their cookery skills to community centres. Rayo’s main ultra group, the ‘Bukaneros’, promote various humanitarian causes, leading the way with initiatives against racism and homophobia. Although a Segunda title is the highest honour in their history, Rayo are not daunted by European heights, having reached the UEFA Cup quarter final in 2001. This campaign, Inigo Perez’s soide have been on a European tour, travelling to Sweden, Slovakia, Turkiye and Greece along the way, but it is back in Vallecas where many problems lie. Players must contend with a poor playing surface and changing rooms that have been mocked by opponents, while the Bukaneros endure the facilities of a crumbling stadium.But if we overlook the unglamorous setting, Rayo’s campaign embodies what the Conference League should be about: a small left-wing club – whose fans reject the capitalist grip on football – can still have its own European journey. A similar description would fit Crystal Palace, Rayo’s opponents in the final. Naturally, Perez’s impressive work has not gone unnoticed, with Villarreal now said to have won the race for the 38-year-old. In his debut European campaign, the man from Pamplona could become the first manager to place the Conference League trophy in the cabinet of a Spanish club.On a fateful night in 2017, the Camp Nou public witnessed a remarkable 6-1 Remuntada over PSG – delivered by an inspired Neymar Juniot. The Parisians believed they had the last laugh, first luring the Brazilian genius away from Catalonia that summer for a world record fee, before claiming Barca’s greatest ever for their own, as Lionel Messi arrived in 2021. Pairing the South American duo with Kylian Mbappe, PSG had apparently formed a front three that, together, simply had to step out onto the grass and conquer world football.Yet again, another incarnation of a Galactico project failed, with the European Cup continuing to elude the French giants. All along, the one man PSG desperately needed was part of Barça’s Remuntada, but he was standing suited in the manager’s box. Luis Enrique joined PSG in 2023, as Neymar and Messi passed through the exit door.From an anti-fascist, neighbourhood club in Madrid, to a Qatari-owned super team in the city of light, there are core values that Luis Enrique would demand from any squad. He persisted for a season with Mbappe, using ‘up in your face’ motivational speeches about how Michael Jordan stopped at nothing to track back.Mbappe’s eventual departure changed PSG’s history forever, and for the better. Luis Enrique cleared out those who failed to grasp his principles, building a youthful, pressing team. Every player works for the man next to him and faithfully follows the manager’s intense methods. His tenure is a salient example that the right team spirit matters far more than buying up superstars. A catalogue of players have been transformed under Luis Enrique’s guidance; Ousmane Dembele’s metamorphosis from a talented but timid Barca winger to a Ballon d’Or winner drove the Parisians to last season’s treble.Seeing Dembele flourish is one source of exasperation at Barcelona. Julian Alvarez choosing PSG over the Catalans might be another. But what surely pains Culers is the time that has passed since Luis Enrique led the club to its last European triumph in 2015. If PSG defeat Arsenal in Budapest, he will join Zinedine Zidane as one of the two managers to defend the modern Champions League. Opposite him on the Arsenal touchline, will be Mikel Arteta – formed in the molten environs of Pep Guardiola’s laboratory. Once upon a time, Luis Enrique was accused of being part of the Barcelona style, only a little more pragmatic – a criticism Arteta has become used to. The man he replaced at Arsenal stirs a profound nostalgia among Sevilla fans. Unai Emery’s tenure brought three consecutive Europa League titles, establishing an almost absurd expectation on the Andalusian club. In the decade since his departure, he won the competition again with Villarreal, becoming the tournament’s record winning manager. While Sevilla were twice more crowned Europa League champions, the club’s recent domestic fall has been as tragic as it’s been rapid.Now for Aston Villa, Emery stands to lift the trophy for a fifth time if his side can get past Freiburg. It would be a historic victory for an old English club, and a minor personal victory over English journalists, who, when Emery was Arsenal manager, once mocked his accent.Every Sevilla fan would dream of Emery coming back to restore the club’s domestic dignity, but the Basque manager has created something special at Villa Park. Only clubs of Europe’s highest echelons could pry him away, with Real Madrid and Manchester United having recently been linked to him. With so many Spanish coaches excelling throughout Europe, great Iberian ideas that continue to shape the game, and beyond any particular situation, there is no end in sight in that regard.The post Analysis: A Spanish manager in every European final – the true dominant force in Europe appeared first on Football España.

Sevilla have begun taking the first steps towards improving next season, with a change of sporting director. Los Nervionenses have secured La Liga status for next year with one game to go, allowing them to move ahead with future plans.None bigger than the takeover bid led by Sergio Ramos, which have agreed a deal with the current majority shareholders to become the owners. Beyond reports of an agreement, there has been no information on potential changes. At one stage, it was rumoured that Ramos could look to bring back legendary sporting director Monchi, but he has since signed for Espanyol.Antonio Cordon leaves Sevilla after one yearDespite having two years left on his deal, Sevilla have announced an agreement with Sporting Director Antonio Cordon to terminate his contract. That will come to pass on the 31st of May. Matteo Moretto adds that Cordon has agreed to waive the money remaining on his deal to reach an agreement. El Sevilla va a a anunciar la salida de Antonio Cordón a final de temporada. Es una salida amistosa y elegante, el director deportivo perdona dos años de contrato. — Matteo Moretto (@MatteMoretto) May 19, 2026Doubts over Luis Garcia Plaza continuityThere are also doubts about the continuity of manager Luis Garcia Plaza beyond the end of the season. After Sevilla lost to Real Madrid, but mathematically secured their place in La Liga due to results elsewhere, Garcia Plaza was asked about his future, and said that he had little more knowledge than anyone else.“I don’t know if I’ll stay. The day before we were due to go to Villarreal, the sale of the club was being negotiated. Is that normal? Everything should have followed its course, but it seemed like everything else was more important than the match. You have to be where you’re wanted. I want to be here, but if they don’t want me, I won’t have any problem leaving. I need to feel that they want me, and if they don’t, I’ll pack my bags. And if they do want me, I’ll get to work. I’ve earned it that they should be honest with me; now I want to enjoy myself,” he told Diario AS.There has been no mention of potential replacements yet, and it seems that all will be on hold until the new owners are in office. Garcia Plaza has a contract for next season.The post Sevilla announce exit of Sporting Director as changes begin appeared first on Football España.

Players hope their workaholic manager will let his hair down if he wins competition for fifth time in IstanbulTwo years ago, during Aston Villa’s first European adventure under Unai Emery, Vicente Iborra was asked about a manager he knows better than most. “He is a coach that takes into consideration every detail which might happen in the match,” said Iborra, then of Olympiakos. Iborra has winner’s medals from all four of Emery’s Europa League triumphs, three on the spin with Sevilla, the last with Villarreal five years ago, before which the injured midfielder delivered a stirring dressing-room speech. “You have the chance to make a lot of people happy,” he said, by way of opening gambit.On Wednesday, against Freiburg, Emery hopes to lift the trophy for a record-extending fifth time. Before Villa progressed past Nottingham Forest in the semi-finals, Vítor Pereira spoke on behalf of the masses when he described Emery as the king of the Europa League. Emery has reached the final on six occasions, losing one with Arsenal, and is seeking his first silverware with Villa. This week Iborra’s words feel more pertinent than ever: “I have learned many things from Mr Emery, but one thing I will never forget from him is that, in order to find yourself in a final, in order to experience this great moment in your lifetime, one truly has to want that, one has to long for it.” Continue reading...

At the scene of one of his Europa League final triumphs, the manager is setting targets to achieve success with Villa For Unai Emery, there was a welcome air of familiarity upon arrival at Basel’s St Jakob-Park on Wednesday. It was a return to Switzerland and the scene of his third Europa League triumph with Sevilla in 2016, when his side overcame Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, 3-1. “This competition is so, so special for me,” the Aston Villa manager said. “We won here, it was a fantastic day and is a fantastic memory. To remember it is very good.” And then came a big but. Two, in fact. “I want to build a new moment, a new era, a new way with Aston Villa. I can remind myself of the moment I had here.” Continue reading...

Míchel’s side were in the Champions League last season but the wheels have come off and they sit bottom of La Liga They were the football team so good, so much fun, that Luis Enrique declared himself a fan, tuning in to watch them every week. But that was then and this is now, and now even their actual fans aren’t sure they want to watch any more. There were 11,048 people at Montilivi this Saturday, out of the city centre and to the south beyond the Free City of Braavos and Kings Landing. There were at the start anyway; by the time Girona FC, the last and briefest of the great disruptors, conceded the fourth goal of another miserable afternoon most of them had already gone. The few who stayed chanted for the board to resign, just about audible over the catchiest club anthem in La Liga being belted out of huge speakers hung from scaffolding stands. It was the fifth time in a row Girona’s supporters had seen their team lose here going back to May, a summer break, a new start, offering no break at all; instead, they were bottom of the table and had been battered again. Sevilla had come and scored two, Rayo Vallecano three, now Levante had four. They had gone to Villarreal and let in five. Girona, owned by Manchester City, the best of Spain’s other teams a year ago, Champions League anthem blaring out just a few months back, have a single point from when they drew 1-1 with Celta de Vigo, and that’s nothing special: Celta draw 1-1 with everyone, their last five games all finishing with same scoreline. Continue reading...

Today’s rumours quibbles with their valuation Pep Guardiola is the foremost football genius of his generation, revolutionising the game with imaginative tactics such as having the best players and the most money. But he has a particular expertise when it comes to wingers: consider Jack Grealish, now binned to Everton; Savinho, in the process of being binned to Spurs; Jérémy Doku, once fun, now ineffective; Julián Alvarez, binned to be brilliant at Atlético Madrid; Ferran Torres, binned after two seasons; Nolito, binned to Sevilla after a season; all acquired for a combined total of roughly £234.4m. Consequently, one can only imagine Rodrygo’s excitement at the prospect of joining Manchester City from Real Madrid, who have decided that, though he offers goals, assists, energy, effort, experience, selflessness, variety, balance and big-game performances, he simply isn’t famous enough or attention-seeking enough to remain part of their squad. They value him at £87m – or, if he moves to the Etihad, £29.99 in two years’ time. Continue reading...

Sevilla have appointed Argentine Matias Almeyda as manager, the LaLiga club said on Monday, with their former player signing a three-year contract at the side which battled relegation last season.

Real Betis are annoyed by cross city rivals Sevilla's public praise of Enzo Maresca, who led Chelsea to the UEFA Conference League title on Wednesday.

Sevilla have condemned the violent acts by "a gang of organised radicals" that led to their players and staff having to spend Saturday night at their training facility.

Fans gathered at training complex after defeat to CeltaClub condemn ‘aggression and vandalism’ in statement Sevilla players were forced to sleep at the club’s training ground following “extreme violence” from supporters after their 3-2 defeat by Celta Vigo. A club statement released on Sunday strongly condemned “organised vandalism” at the José Ramón Cisneros Palacios training complex. Footage on social media appeared to show fans with pyrotechnics gathering outside the training ground on Saturday, with an access gate being damaged. Continue reading...

Manuel Pellegrini’s team of misfits beat Sevilla in the league for the first time in seven years and celebrated in style This weekend, 46,731 people came to see Betis and Sevilla but the derby wasn’t until the following night – so 33 hours later they came back and did it all over again, even better. Saturday’s second-biggest attendance in Spain had watched the country’s most passionate rivals train. Sunday’s very biggest crowd saw them play, a record 58,538 fans still inside and still singing late into a night they’ll never forget. The Benito Villamarín was bouncing, smoke rising round the home fans as they belted out the club’s anthem – here we are, squashed together like cannon balls – as the players started a lap of honour. Somewhere in all the madness and the noise, Antony dos Santos, stripped to the waist and sitting on the goalkeeper Adrián San Miguel’s shoulders, heaved a giant flag through the air. “This is incredible,” he said, and it was. This was Antony’s first Seville derby and he’d not seen anything like it for years: never mind Ajax or Old Trafford, this took him back to Brazil. But it wasn’t just him, a debutant in a fixture that hits hard; nor had anyone else, the place going wild, something extra in the celebrations this time, Betis players still there half an hour after the end, parading round the pitch before bounding down corridors, singing and hammering at doors, cracking open the beers. You’d think they had won the Champions League. The one man there who has – five times – said that when it came to “feeling, vibrations, this is without doubt the most special game there is,” so Isco Alarcón and his teammates celebrated something that, right there in the moment, felt even better: they had beaten rivals Sevilla 2-1. Continue reading...

The Brazilian took advantage of his days off to travel to Miami and was seen at the Dolphins game against the 49ers  Leer