Monchi at Sevilla: Best deals of Aston Villa's new transfer guru

Jacque Talbot

• Updated: 19 Jun 2023 17:12 BST
• 3 min read

Monchi joins Aston Villa leaving a more than credible legacy behind at Sevilla.

The Spaniard is now the club’s head of football operations, meaning that he will oversee the transfer front of the club going forward, working in tandem with Unai Emery.

He has been labelled as one of the best in his position following his spell with Sevilla.

To see every Monchi transfer since returning to Sevilla in 2019, click here.

Sevilla fans are sore to see him leave as their sporting director, bringing an end to his 16 years.

You can only go off the names that have been a success and Monchi has sourced some real gems during his time there.

He brought through and sold Sergio Ramos for €27million to Real Madrid, Jesus Navas €25m to Manchester City), while the late Jose Antonio Reyes went to Arsenal for €24m. None more so than Liverpool fans will tell about how their club overpaid for Alberto Moreno, who arrived at Anfield for €18m.

Sevilla are a winning club, their dominance in the Europa League in recent years is for all to see - and yet they still are a selling club of sorts.

Monchi has a reputation for sourcing some of the best players and selling them off for higher prices.

Villa's new transfer guru

Dani Alves was signed Signed in 2002 from Brazilian club Bahía for a measly €550,000, before heading to Barcelona for €42m in 2008, becoming one of the world’s best-ever right-back.

Alex Vidal and Ivan Rakitic are other ones who headed to the Nou Camp from Sevilla, giving the Costa del Sol side a huge profit under Monchi. Vidal cost just €3m and was sold to the Catalans for €18m - whereas Rakitic was bought from Schalke for €2.5m and sold to Barça in 2014 for €18m before Sevilla brought him back for just €1.5m. Carlos Bacca headed to AC Milan for €30m after joining Sevilla for €7m. But more recently the likes of Youssef En-Nesyri has proven a very good signing for €20m.

Monchi’s handiwork has generated a sizeable €270m for the club, and now at Villa, he has the chance to find raw talent at a higher cost. It spells trouble for the rest of the Premier League.