Sergio Ramos is leaving Real Madrid after almost sixteen years, the club announced on Wednesday evening. It is still unknown which club the 35-year-old center defender will leave for. According to Fabrizio Romano, in any case, he will not return to Sevilla, as has been reported in Spanish media in recent weeks. According to the Italian transfer expert, Sevilla has never been an option.
According to Spanish media, Ramos could return to Sevilla, the club where he ended up at the age of ten and eventually played fifty matches in the main squad. He is said to be able to fulfill a position at the southern Spanish club after his active career. According to Romano, it will not come to that. “Sergio Ramos is NOT going to Seville. It has never been an option, they are not interested in Ramos and a return has not even been considered,” Romano wrote on Twitter.
Sergio Ramos will NOT join Seville. It’s never been an option, they’re not interested in Ramos and the comeback is not even considered. He’s in talks with another club, not Sevilla. ??????? #Seville #Ramos #SergioRamos
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 16, 2021
Ramos may be leaving Spain. Paris Saint-Germain is mentioned in the corridors, while he was previously linked to the Premier League. The 180-time A-international was also linked with a move to the United States, where he could work in Major League Soccer. “He is in talks with another club, not Sevilla,” said Romano. Ramos will be leaving on Thursday from 12.30 pm at the Royal announced at a press conference at the Valdebebas training complex, at which chairman Florentino Pérez and the entire board will also be present.
In recent months, the two parties have not reached an agreement on an extension of the contractual cooperation, which ends on June 30. Ramos, who turned 35 in March, only received a contract proposal from Real Madrid until next summer, with a salary reduction of ten percent. The veteran only agreed to the financial sacrifice if he could sign for two years, but Perez refused to cooperate. This means that the paths of the captain and the Spanish top club will finally separate after almost sixteen years, when he came over from Sevilla for 27 million euros.
Ramos won everything there was to win with Real Madrid: five league titles, four times the Spanish Super Cup, two times the Copa del Rey, three times the European Super Cup, four times the Champions League and four times the World Cup for club teams. The defender, who has captained . since 2015/16 los Merengues played a total of 671 games in all competitions for Real Madrid. In it he was good for no less than 101 goals. He was also responsible for 39 other hits.