Monchi leaves role as Sevilla sporting director to be President of Football Operations at Aston Villa

Monchi leaves role as Sevilla sporting director to be President of Football Operations at Aston Villa

Monchi has left his function as Sevilla sporting director to be President of Football Operations at Aston Villa the place he will likely be reunited with coach Unai Emery, the 2 golf equipment mentioned on Friday.

Under Monchi’s route, Sevilla received a file seven Europa League titles, the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) twice and the European Super Cup.

“I am very excited to join Aston Villa… I am also delighted and can’t wait to work with Unai Emery again, one of the best managers in football,” Monchi mentioned in an announcement.

“After enjoying so many years with Sevilla FC and winning several European trophies with my life-long club, I look forward to building on the recent successes at Aston Villa and ensuring this colossal club continues to grow and improve,” he added.

Monchi is ending his second spell in the identical function with the LaLiga membership. He left Sevilla in 2017 to change into AS Roma‘s sporting director earlier than returning to the Spanish facet in 2019.

Emery left Sevilla final October to take over at Villa and lifted them out of the relegation locations to complete seventh within the Premier League, guiding the membership into European soccer for the primary time in additional than a decade.

Source: www.anews.com.tr