Thursday 25 June 2015 16:45, UK
Sevilla are looking to strengthen their defence for next season's Champions League by signing AC Milan's French centre-back Adil Rami, the Spanish club's sporting director has said.
Rami joined Milan on loan in January 2014 after falling out of favour at Valencia and the move was later made permanent.
Sevilla sporting director Rodriguez Verdejo, who is known as Monchi, spoke highly of the tough-tackling defender but is hopeful they can land their target.
"It won't be easy, firstly because he is at a big club like Milan, but also because he has a lot of options," he said at the presentation of Sevilla's new midfielder, Michael Krohn-Dehli.
Valencia opened disciplinary proceedings against Rami after he criticised then-coach Miroslav Djukic and his team-mates in an interview with Spanish radio, and he was suspended for a week without pay.
Sevilla will feature in next season’s Champions League after winning the Europa League final against Dnipro last month.