Central defender Sergio Ramos rejected offers from Saudi Arabia and Man Utd to return to his boyhood club Sevilla.

Ramos debuted with Sevilla wearing the familiar number 4 shirt on September 4. Photo: Sevilla FC

According to British newspaper Sunsport, after his contract with PSG ended, Ramos received a number of offers, including a contract with a season salary of 21.6 million USD from Al Ittihad. This is the club that recruited N’Golo Kante, Karim Benzema, Jota and Fabinho this summer.

Man Utd also pursued Ramos after Raphael Varane was seriously injured in August. The English club even conducted negotiations with the Spanish midfielder’s representative in the last few days of the transfer period and proposed a one-year contract with him. weekly salary of 92,000 USD.

The Spanish midfielder also received interest from Galatasaray, FC Porto and several teams in the American professional soccer league (MLS). But Ramos rejected all these proposals to return to Sevilla with a season salary of more than 1 million USD.

“Ramos joined the club at the age of seven, went through the youth levels until reaching the first team at the age of 16 in the 2002-2003 season. The Sevilla academy midfielder returned home nearly two decades after leaving Real Madrid at the age of 19.” , Sevilla’s announcement on September 4 read:

Ramos played for the Sevilla academy in the period 1996-2003, played for the Sevilla youth team in the 2003-2004 season and the first team in the 2004-2005 season, before moving to Real. In the Sevilla shirt, the Spanish midfielder scored three goals in 50 matches.

“Hello Sevilla fans, today is a very special day for me, very emotional,” Ramos said in the video launching Sevilla. “I’m finally home and can’t wait to feel the Sevilla shirt and the badge on my chest again.”

Sevilla announced Ramos.

According to Ramos, returning to Sevilla is also a way for him to fulfill his promise to his father, grandfather and late friend Antonio Puerta. Puerta joined the Sevilla academy in 1993, three years before Ramos. The two are close friends, playing for youth teams and then joining the first team. On August 25, 2007, during Sevilla’s La Liga opening match, Puerta suffered a heart attack and passed away.

Ramos can play the first match when Sevilla hosts Las Palmas in round five of La Liga on September 17, or the opening match of Group B Champions League against Lens on September 20, both at Sanchez Pizjuan’s home field.

In 16 years with Real Madrid, Ramos scored 101 goals in 671 matches, helping the royal team win four Champions Leagues, five La Liga, two King’s Cups, four Spanish Super Cups, three European Super Cups and four FIFA Club World Cup.

In 2021, the Spanish midfielder joined PSG on a free transfer. He missed most of the first season due to injury, but played well the following season. Ramos won two Ligue 1 and one French Super Cup with the Paris team.