Sevilla European champions meet for UEFA Super Cup

An impressive summer transfer window won't be enough for Sevilla to match Real Madrid's wealth of options in their UEFA Super Cup tie, according to Rojiblancos director of football Monchi.

The two teams meet in Norway on Tuesday although Los Blancos are without Cristiano Ronaldo who is still recovering from a knee injury picked up in the Euro 2016 final whilst Gareth Bale and Toni Kroos remain selection doubts.

"To be evenly-matched they would need to have many more absentees, also I think that [Gareth] Bale and [Toni] Kroos will play," he explained to reporters.

It has been a busy summer at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan following the departure of coach Unai Emery to Paris Saint-Germain with Monchi having added no less than nine players.

Gabriel Mercado is the latest addition with the club's technical director believing him to be the perfect replacement for the outgoing Coke.

"[Mercado] fits the market profile, he is a player we were looking for since we began to sense that Coke could leave. He can play as a full-back or in the middle," he added.

Jorge Sampaoli has been appointed as Emery's replacement following a hugely successful spell with the Chilean national team with Monchi having been impressed by the Argentine's interpretation of the game.

"We have a good understand and communication of ideas. He has positive ideas and ideas that we all believe in, what the coach offers is of paramount importance to the team achieving its goals," said the director.

Fernando Llorente arrived at Sevilla in the summer of 2015 but a year later is set to leave for Swansea City with the 47-year-old saddened by his impending exit.

"We are moving closer to an agreement but it involves a third party and that doesn't make things easy," Monchi admitted. "Today we are closer to a deal but it makes me sad because he chose Sevilla and Sevilla chose him, but circumstances have changed."