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[SNova]

IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!!!!

 

[dublinbluenose]

Telegraph reporting we are going after Monchi

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ctor-m/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Everton make bold move to poach star Sevilla sporting director Monchi

Sevilla won the Europa League thanks in no small part to signings seen through by Monchi CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES

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• Matt Law, football news correspondent

31 MAY 2016 • 3:24PM


Everton will make an ambitious move to try to tempt Sevilla sporting director Monchi to Goodison Park following suggestions in Spain that he is ready for a new challenge.

Monchi is regarded as one of the top transfer chiefs in world football and Everton accept the likelihood of landing the 47-year-old appears slim, given his reputation in Europe.

Dani Alves, left, and Frédéric Kanouté, right, seen tussling with Ronaldinho, are both Monchi signings CREDIT: AP
But that will not stop majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri attempting to sell his dream for Everton to Monchi and offering him the chance to spend £100million to help take the club into the Champions League. It is understood Monchi is attracted to the idea of working in England and Manchester United have already been linked with him, while Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have made unsuccessful enquiries in the past.

Tottenham and manager Mauricio Pochettino have already overhauled the club’s scouting network, which means Everton may be one of few English options left available to Monchi. Moshiri has already held talks with Sevilla manager Unai Emery over the vacant job at Everton and would love to pair him with Monchi at Goodison Park.

Monchi might have to countenance the sale of Lukaku CREDIT: REUTERS
But, regardless of whether or not Everton land Emery, Moshiri is keen to appoint a sporting director to work alongside whoever eventually succeeds Roberto Martinez as manager. It is unlikely that any of the candidates for the Everton job, including Emery, Ronald Koeman, Frank De Boer and Manuel Pellegrini, would object to working with Monchi, given his highly impressive CV.

Everton will not just face competition from Premier League clubs should Monchi quit Sevilla, however, with Real Madrid thought to be attracted to him. Monchi, whose real name is Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo, spent six months in England in the 2013/14 season but said it was to learn English to help his work with Sevilla, rather than preparation for a move to the Premier League.

He has been the brains behind Sevilla winning nine trophies in 10 years while making a £152m profit in the transfer window. The Spanish club clinched their third successive Europa League title by beating Liverpool in the final this season.

Sevilla beat Klopp's Liverpool to the Europa League title CREDIT: REX
Of all his impressive transfer deals, Monchi rates Dani Alves, Luis Fabiano and former West Ham United and Tottenham striker Fredi Kanoute as his top three. Alves was signed as a 19-year-old for around £150,000 and sold to Barcelona for £27m six years later, Fabiano scored over 100 goals for the club and Kanoute helped Sevilla win six titles after signing for just £5m from Spurs.

According to reports in Spain, Monchi has fallen out with Sevilla officials and cancelled a scheduled club TV appearance and an interview that was planned for Tuesday morning.

 

[LinekersLegs]

IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!!!!

Matt Law still had to get his "Stones leaving Everton" line in, that man is relentless at trying to sell him for us lol

 

[ToffeeDoug]

If Emery comes in would seem sensible to assume Delefeou wouldn't stick around long after his spell at sevilla

Deulofeu did very well in the first half of the season there, fell out in the second half of the season. If Deulofeu is wiser now as well as older, then their working relationship could be repaired.

 

[ijjysmith]

Tell you what has impressed me is just how quiet it's all been.

It's not been like United getting Mourinho and literally the world has his dog knowing about it. We are lucky to have @The Esk keeping us a bit informed but without him it really would be no news at all. I know I wouldn't have a bloody clue who we were linked with. Even the press don't seem to know.

Fair play to Everton for keeping everything in house.

 

[Eggs]

Emery is still 7/2 with William Hill.

.....4-1 with Coral.

 

[Dixie D]

Bloody hell. It's on. Emery and Monchi dream team at Finch Farm, it'll be like Extreme Makeover: Everton.

lol Move that bus!!....Move that bus!!....

 

[coollino]

We need to have some kind of thread awards once this is over.

 

[Norwegian Cow]

hold the door here for a minute.. is Telegraph reliable?

 

[AaronTheBlue]

getting monchi in would be a very big deal

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Matt Law still had to get his "Stones leaving Everton" line in, that man is relentless at trying to sell him for us lol

And what's with the Coleman speculation as well he has not been linked with a move at all.

 

[Deco]

King Moshiri.

 

[Norwegian Cow]

that piece right here..

Monchi is regarded as one of the top transfer chiefs in world football and Everton accept the likelihood of landing the 47-year-old appears slim, given his reputation in Europe.

 

[John Osters Love Child]

We need to have some kind of thread awards once this is over.

And the winner of Most Phenomenal ITK is?...... *cues the music*

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

I will love it when we ram these words down his and every other Journo's throat.