{"id":601,"date":"2025-06-21T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=601"},"modified":"2025-06-21T21:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T13:04:02","slug":"sevilla-compared-to-a-kneeling-elephant-by-new-sporting-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/sevilla-compared-to-a-kneeling-elephant-by-new-sporting-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Sevilla compared to a &#8216;kneeling elephant&#8217; by new sporting director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-34.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-34-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-34-768x460.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Antonio Cordon has been unveiled as Sevilla&#8217;s new sporting director, expressing confidence in the club&#8217;s ability to rise again and backing the appointment of Matias Almeyda as head coach. In his first public remarks, Cordon likened the club to &#8220;a kneeling elephant&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at his official presentation on Friday, the 61-year-old explained that he had long felt a &#8220;thorn in his side&#8221; after twice previously holding talks with Sevilla, and that he couldn&#8217;t let a third opportunity pass. &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t miss the chance again,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grateful for the warm welcome and the confidence shown by club president Jose Maria del Nido Carrasco and the board, Cordon said his initial impression of the club has been &#8220;very positive&#8221;, describing Sevilla as &#8220;an institution with great potential&#8221; thanks to &#8220;the incredible human and professional quality of the people working here&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan press room, Cordon elaborated on his striking metaphor, saying: &#8220;Sevilla are like an elephant that is kneeling, but can stand up again with everyone&#8217;s help \u2013 and to push off powerfully with its back legs to support itself on all four.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that, despite a lacklustre campaign last season, &#8220;the club&#8217;s achievements and titles in this century are plain to see&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cordon, who hails from Badajoz, outlined his main objective as building a competitive squad. &#8220;Our mission is to build a team \u2013 and that means bringing together all kinds of players: homegrown talent, because we have some very strong youngsters coming through, as has always been the case here; and others from different profiles,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;There will be no difficulty in attracting players \u2013 everyone wants to come to Sevilla.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Cordon has been unveiled as Sevilla&#8217;s new sporting director, expressing confidence in the club&#8217;s ability to rise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions\/603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}