And one day Marcos Acuña exploded against Seville. The anger had been coming for a long time. His last publication on the social network Let’s go Seville.” And he added #NeverTeRindas. He was referring to Sevilla’s 2-1 victory over Mallorca, thanks to the goals of Youssef En-Nesyri and Isaac Romero, for the 32nd round of the Spanish League. Acuña was a substitute but came on with ten minutes left due to Nemanja Gudelj’s injury. The issue is what happened a few months ago, due to the left back’s frustrated pass to Aston Villa of England, where Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez fights.
In August 2023, not only Aston Villa was interested in Acuña, but also Lazio, from Italy, and Torino, another Italian club that had even put figures on the interest: 7,000,000 euros.
Acuña had everything closed to go play in the Premier League, according to the El Desmarque portal, but at the last minute everything fell apart because of the disagreements that existed between José Castro, then president, and Monchi (technical secretary), already on British lands. The 32-year-old ex-Racing player had been seduced by Unai Emery – who was his coach in Seville – to move to Aston Villa. It was a great step in Acuña’s career from a sporting point of view and also from an economic point of view for his family. But the transfer was not made and Acuña is targeting someone responsible.
“They were not rumors, Sevilla FC had an important offer that, Due to personal reasons of the president and Monchi it was not closed, and the affected one was me. I think that I didn’t deserve it because a good amount of money would have come in, but that has already happened and I am focused now on the remaining dates,” he said in his interview for ABC.
The world champion footballer in Qatar 2022 with the Argentine team has a contract until mid-2025. What will become of his destiny? “Don’t know. First I have to accumulate minutes, play games again in Seville and then see what’s next.”
They were not easy days for Acuña, since there were Sevilla fans on social networks who questioned his commitment to the club. They asked him if he felt more supported now and he commented: “I don’t know, I trust myself and the people who are in the club trust me. Afterwards, what they say from outside doesn’t interest me. I always try to give my best and I think I have shown it in every game I play.”
In general, they were not easy weeks for Acuña. Last March 30, in the 1-0 victory of Sevilla as a visitor to Getafe By the 30th date of the Spanish League, which allowed the Andalusian team to move a little away from the relegation zone, there was a complaint from the club for “racist and xenophobic insults against Marcos Acuña and the coaching staff.”
Referee Jesús Iglesias Villanueva stopped the match in the second half at the request of one of his assistants, who heard from a tribune an insult to the Argentine player, world champion in Qatar 2022. The judge warned the Getafe delegate, Manuel Mejuto González, and then announced a message against the stadium speakers. of an insult that had not initially been detailed. The referee explained: “There were racist insults on the visiting team’s number 19, with words like ‘Acuña, mono’ and ‘Acuña, you come from the monkey’, from fans located in the central area of the field behind the position of my assistant referee number 2.”
After the game, Sergio Ramos, who had scored Sevilla’s goal, had regretted that these situations continue to occur. “We have been demanding respect within the world of football, that people do not come here, to a football stadium, to free themselves and say nonsense, to insult the players. The lineman heard an insult to Acuña and let the referee know.”
The Disciplinary Committee of the Spanish League had imposed a sanction on the club of partial closure of the sports venue for a period of three games and a financial penalty of 27,000 euros. But this was void a few days ago because said body processed the appeal presented by Getafe.
On the 12th of this month, Acuña had surprised on his social networks with a tattoo. The Sevilla defender published on his Instagram account – where he has more than two and a half million followers – a video where he showed the spectacular tattoo that he got on the outside of his left leg. The design brought together the world Cup, the flag of Argentina, the shield of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and the three stars. The person in charge of the design was the tattoo artist, Valentino Russo, who already worked with Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi and the Italian goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma, among other soccer figures.