The departure of Sergio Ramos and the fact that García Pimienta has ruled out Marcao, who has been removed from the group of players who will not be counted on by the Barcelona player in preseason, mean that Seville have the need to reinforce the center of defense.
Badé and Kike Salas are the only reliable centre-backs that the new coach has, who is also evaluating Nianzou and who in pre-season has used two centre-backs from the reserve team, Ramón Martínez and Castrín, the latter recently signed from Lugo. García Pimienta needs a very specific profile of defender that adapts to his model. He wants the defence to be very advanced and needs centre-backs with speed of movement in long spaces and also who can get the ball out well to start building that combination game that is the hallmark of his game model.
Saúl Coco was one of the names he put on the table, but the Las Palmas player was highly sought after and will ultimately play in Italy.
Thus, once the Copa America was over, Sevilla’s interest in Sebastián Cáceres, a 24-year-old centre-back who had a good tournament in the USA with Uruguay, has emerged. Eliminated by Colombia in the semi-finals in a match full of incidents and clashes between the squads, the team coached by Marcelo Bielsa has been one of the stars of the event.
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According to journalist Federico Buysan, Sevilla have resumed monitoring this player who belongs to América in Mexico and whose signing the Andalusians tried to acquire in the last winter transfer market. The website ‘Transfermarkt’ values him at 7 million euros, but Nervión would expect América to make certain arrangements. Sevilla would have to free up a non-EU place, but the intention is not to count on Marcao, who occupied one of them last season.
