After the departure of Jules Koundé At the end of last July, the Sevilla FC was involved in a search for a replacement which took longer than expected and which finally materialized, with LaLiga already underway, with the arrival of Tanguy Nianzou from Bayern Munich.
From the moment the first came out until the second arrived, three weeks passed, in which Monchi tried and negotiated several suitors, but left a definitive casting with the German Thilo Kehrer and the Danish Victor Nelson as great protagonists. The German international ended up signing for West Ham almost at the same time Nianzou arrived in Seville, but the Dane hasn’t moved since Galatasaray and, until now, not only is he still a starter, but he has played all the Superliga Spor Toto games in full.
Nelsson was the closest and even the coach and a vice president of the Istanbul team acknowledged that he wanted to go to Sevilla, but the president’s refusal to let him go for less than 20 million stopped the operation. At least temporarily, because the Turkish press assured yesterday that there will be a new episode in January of this series.
Sampaoli want a central defender in January
The Sevilla’s sporting director, Monchi, recognized when he arrived Jorge Sampaoli as a new coach who was supposed to go to the winter transfer market, as shortages in the squad were found. The Argentine technician, among his requests, asked for some signings and although the first impressions were very positive, it seems clear that some positions need to be strengthened.
One of the first consequences of the arrival of the Argentine was the The return of Nemanja Gudelj to midfield, so the team retained Marcao, Nianzou and Rekik, as well as youth players Kike Salas and José Ángel Carmona, as center-backs. Taking into account that the Dutchman is injured and that, at the moment, Salas does not count, he has only three ‘available’ for positions in which, as happened in the start against Borussia Dortmund, alienate a defense of five.
In Turkey, convinced that Sevilla will knock on Nelsson’s door
This forces them to go to the winter transfer market to incorporate a central defender and in Turkey they are convinced Sevilla will knock on Nelsson’s door again. They understand that after showing their faces to the Sevilla club to leave and having to stay, the Nervión club owes them.
Galatasaray also did not start the season on a spectacular level. Not even after the stellar arrival of Mauro Icardi and Juan Matawho joined Dries Mertens and Lucas Torreira, also arrived last summer. They are currently sixth in the league, even if only one point behind the leaders, in a very balanced league, with all the favorites (Fenerbahçe, Trabzonspor, Galatasaray, Besiktas …) at one point of difference. His absence from Europe cut his profits, but he can afford to keep players like Victor Nelsson and it will be just as difficult to sign him in January as in August.
