Not even two years ago Sevilla rejected an offer for En-Nesyri which, according to some sources, exceeded 30 million euros. It was January 2021 and by now the Sevilla striker, who would close that historic season, that of the record of 77 points, with 24 goals, 18 in the league and 6 in the Champions League, was an unorthodox force of nature who rode unleashed scoring goals up to three. The footballer, at that moment, even refused the juicy offer of West Ham. “I’m staying, I’m not going anywhere. I want to be here.” His sentence was sensational and came to sanction the policy towards which Sevilla had turned. His decisive goal in a derby, also with a right foot, confirmed the success. then everything went wrong. But En-Nesyri rides briskly again.
Historic qualification of Morocco to the round of 16 of the World Cup as group leader, and with a beautiful goal by En-Nesyri, who also made history by becoming the first Moroccan to score in two World Cups – the previous one was against Spain in Russia 2018 – it has completely reopened the tap of hope. Hope in various ways, both from the point of view of the definitive recovery of a player who has never been the same since the muscle injury suffered in November 2021, and who has had his controversial appendix with his participation in the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations and the ironies of the then Moroccan coach, as well as from the point of view of the transfer market and the pressing need of Sevilla.
It is possible to imagine José Castro, Monchi and José María del Nido Carrasco clenching fists with En-Nesyri’s goal, a superb goal, plus: running into space, control with the left and volleying with the right, thus failing to despair Sevilla on other occasions. Even he scored a second goalbut it was disallowed for positional offside by a teammate.
In January 2021, Sevilla and En-Nesyri rejected West Ham, although from England they continue to ensure that David Moyes is still in love with the footballer and can return to the fray for him in the face of a scoring drought for the Hammers. Then the time would come to sell the Moroccan international, following the model the club has always used. But then Sevilla were confronted with the cream of the League and struggled at one point to be familiar with the leader, Real Madrid, and there was even talk that he could hope to win the championship.
Also, the market was in deflation due to Covid and it seemed like any supply was low… Now it seems incredible, but that was the way it was. Then it got worse because the real market deflation came after the pandemic, during which the club chose to keep its best values and continue going to the market both in summer… and in winter, when En-Nesyri arrived at the Sevilla: Signed him from Leganés in January 2020 for €20m.
Two years later, Sevilla are eighteenth and fight in the drop zoneand the club’s executive committee, after Lopetegui’s sacking and Sampaoli’s soda effect, has promised to “solve the problems” of a squad that already has no one dares to deny him his faults. But it is encountering several problems in one: the financial one, after two passive years due to the change in market policy; the excess of high tokens and advanced age, in a drift that Monchi was unable to stop; and the lack of listed players on the market. And this is where En-Nesyri, like Bono before it, opens a refreshing window.
