Sevilla have fired coach Marcelino García Toral after the 46-year-old failed to halt a run of
disappointing results.
Marcelino, who took charge last summer following the departure of Gregorio Manzano, leaves with
Sevilla 11th in the standings and just four points above the relegation zone.
Welcome to a slightly late edition of La Liga Lunes (La Liga Monday!)
Over the weekend, the Women's FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Homare Sawa
met up with Barcelona maestro Xavi at the club's training ground. Her team, INAC
Kobe from the Japanese Women's league, played a friendly against Barcelona's female squad
(highlights below).
First it was Luciano Moggi the former Juventus director who was sentenced to 5 years and 4
months in prison for his role in the 2006 Calciopoli scandal, then former Roma midfielder Mancini
was found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced to 2 years in prison, now Sevilla President Jose
Maria del Nido becomes the latest big shot football executive to trade the plush setting of his
office suite for a cold hard jail bed.
Sevilla season continues to lurch from disappointment to disappointment hit a new low earlier
this week when their President Jose Maria del Nido was been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in
prison for his role in a corruption case with the Marbella local council.
Del Nido, who had acted as a legal advisor to the council, was one of 16 people involved in the
embezzlement of funds from the local government of the Costa del Sol holiday resort, the provincial
court in Malaga said.
In this week's review of the footballing action, we congratulate Barcelona on becoming champions
of the world and feature two financial scandals: one from Spain and one from Italy.
When Giovani Dos Santos' proposed move to Sevilla was blocked by Spurs this summer, the Mexican
was anticipating more game time at the Lane as a result.
However, we are now half way towards another transfer window and that hope has yet to
materialise. At the time, Gio said,
"After such a long time without having any confidence in me I am now going to get my chance, which
makes me feel weird.
Sevilla President José María del Nido says that the La Primera clubs had a ‘heated debate'
on Monday at a meeting convened by Atlético Madrid and Valencia to address the distribution of
television money and the organisation of Spanish football.
Attending the meeting on Monday in Madrid were Manuel Llorente (Valencia), Fernando Roig
(Villarreal), José María del Nido (Sevilla), Josu Urrutia (Athletic Bilbao), Francisco Pernía
(Racing Santander), Agapito Iglesias (Real Zaragoza) and Raúl Martín Presa (Rayo Vallecano).
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This week's main report takes a look at this season's Spanish League: La Liga 2011-12. This
report has a transcript below and explanations of key vocabulary (in bold) can be
found at the foot of the post, while other key phrases (in blue) also have meanings explained.
Hi guys! Not much significant & "brain catching" happening around the Spanish Football scene today,
except that the "medium-lower" LIGA Clubs under Sevilla FC President Del Nido has called a summit (
at Sevilla ) to create a pressure group against Real Madrid - FC Barcelona to re-negotiate TV
rights contracts.
It looks like the future of Giovani dos Santos may well be settled before the start of the
season with several overseas clubs being lined up as candidates for the Mexican's signature.
Sevilla were being touted as a likely destination at one point but it later emerged that the
Spanish outfit were only interested in a loan deal,
"Tottenham want a sale but at the moment Sevilla are only interested in a loan with the first
option to buy," said club president Jose Maria Del Nido.
By Chris Wright
Spanish side Sevilla are lending their support to the Spanish cucumber farmers, who have been
blamed for a deadly outbreak of E. coli in Germany by sewing patches onto the sleeves of the
pre-season strips that read 'I ♥ Cucumbers'.
Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido said the message was 'in defense of the cucumber of
Murcia, after the war it had with Germany over the cucumber'.
Sevilla has told Liverpool that Argentine winger Diego Perotti is not for sale.
The English side was heading a long list of suitors for the winger, who has also been the subject
of an enquiry from Juventus.
But Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido has ruled out the sale of Perotti this summer and has
told any potential bidders not to waste their time.
