NSWE may fulfil Unai Emery’s second ambition as a significant Aston Villa appointment is suggested.

As part of the ongoing development of Aston Villa behind the scenes, president of football operations Monchi and manager Unai Emery may add another important senior member. Emery, who became a Villa employee in October 2022, has a big say in who gets appointed, particularly Damian Vidagany and Monchi.

Emery, the manager, and Monchi, the new director of recruitment for the club after Johan Lange left, work together. After Villa was unable to recruit Mateu Alemany from Barcelona, Monchi joined for Sevilla instead. Spanish sources claim that another reliable source might be en route to Villa Park.

Journalist Máximo de la Cruz Ramírez, who lives in Seville, claims that Antonio Fernández Marchán and Villa are negotiating for Antonio to be reunited with Monchi. In addition to running the White Elephant Academy, he was Sevilla’s former director of youth international recruitment.

There is a lengthy history between Monchi and Fernandez; they were teammates at Sevilla from 2000 to 2006, when the latter decided to pursue a career “upstairs.” During his career, Fernandez had positions as sporting director at Malaga and as a technical secretary at Valencia. During his time there, Malaga made it to the Champions League. As a talent scout and commentator, he was also involved in Spain’s preparation, which helped the nation win the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Fernandez was in charge of signing players for Sevilla, especially players from South America like Daniel Alves and Julio Baptista. He played a part in the team’s sixth Europa League victory in 2023, which came against Roma via penalties. Prior to his initial departure in 2006, he had also contributed to their victory in the UEFA Cup.

The owners of Villa, Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, have committed millions of pounds to entice some of the best young players from the UK and Europe to Bodymoor Heath. They have also invested a great deal of time and money on modernising and growing the academy. Drawing from his most recent experience at Sevilla as well as some of his previous roles, Fernandez might offer abilities to support Villa’s academy’s globalisation.

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