Sevilla's director of football, Monchi, recently gave an extensive interview to Jot Down, in which he discussed Real Madrid's signing of Sergio Ramos. "It was the final day of the transfer window and Florentino stumped up the fee to pay for Ramos's release clause. That was one of the nights that I've cried as a director of football because of a feeling of impotence", he said.

Monchi confessed that prior to joining Sevilla, he almost made a move to Real: "I went to Castilla for a week to try it out. The manager was Vicente del Bosque. I didn't really like the trial. I was involved in training for two days, but on the third I said I was leaving".

He also discussed some players that joined Sevilla at that point. "To begin with 'El Cholo' didn't really catch the eye because technically speaking he was nothing special, but he went on to show what a great player he was. He was a manager on the pitch. He organised and barked orders…".

When he was asked about the best tactician he has worked with, Monchi was in no doubt: "Luis Aragonés. I could see that with him in charge players knew exactly what they had to do".

Monchi also had time to comment on some of the signings Sevilla have made in the past, such as Dani Alves and Ivan Rakitic: "It took a lot of work for Dani to integrate into the team. I'm grateful to Rakitic, because he's such a great professional, because of how he helped the club and because of his performances".