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Real Madrid consider Monchi the final piece to Zidane's jigsaw

1 month ago  Raphael   Sport News

The future of Real Madrid's transfer policy promises to be a bigger and better version of the great success experienced down the E-803 at Sevilla, if the capital club can convince sporting director Monchi to make the move north.Last summer saw a whole host of clubs, from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, consider a bid for the Spaniard who has been openly considering his next destination for some time.However, no club would pay the 10 million euro release clause that Los Nervionenses had tagged on his head, with Roma the latest side to show an interest before Real popped up earlier this week.What Madrid would be getting is a man who took charge of Sevilla's transfer business in 2000, subsequently playing a massive part in the Andalusians' establishment in the upper echelons of LaLiga and European football ever since.Early signings such as Frederic Kanoute, Renato, and Luis Fabiano showed his eye for the unknown and unfancied, a key factor in the 2007 Copa del Rey triumph that was accompanied by the Supercopa de Espana beating of Ronaldinho's Barcelona.Once that generation had moved on, Monchi sought younger talent and brought in Dani Alves, Adriano, Ivan Rakitic, Kevin Gameiro, and Geoffrey Kondogbia.It was with these players that Unai Emery began his domination of the Europa League, no doubt whetting Real's appetite for European success, with one other factor proving salient to Sevilla's business model.That is the sheer income from sales that the sporting director provides for his club, in the form of 40 million euros for Alves, 32m euros for Gameiro, 20m euros for Kondogbia, and so on.With all that in mind, it's perhaps this season that has alerted the Madrid giants the most as Jorge Sampaoli takes Sevilla into their first LaLiga title fight for some time, overseeing yet another young, vibrant squad of players that has become the trademark of Monchi, a man in demand.