2023-09-03 22:49:17
Yassine Bono (Canada, 1991) was one of the main protagonists of the recent transfer market. The former Sevilla goalkeeper, a priori, was going to continue in the Seville team to face his fifth consecutive season in Nervión. But days before the European Super Cup against Manchester City, Al-Hilal Saudi offered him a contract for three years and 12 million euros per season. After a fateful penalty shootout, in which Sevilla lost the Super Cup, Bono’s tears already hinted at his goodbye. The Saudi team left 20 million in Sevilla’s coffers in exchange for the transfer and the goalkeeper took a plane to Arabia. All or almost all happy. Sevilla got a significant amount of money, the player almost tripled his salary and the Arab club hired a guarantee goalkeeper. “The moment of telling my teammates that I was going to Arabia was very difficult for me. This option came up at the last moment and it was difficult to face the last two days, it was difficult to face the Super Cup… But hey, I went calmly to Arabia because I left everything I had in Sevilla”, says Bono.
The goalkeeper feels comfortable talking about the Seville team. “Sevilla fans already know that I’m going to love them all my life. The love they gave me was something incredible and every time I can watch the games I see them. I wish them the best of luck and here they have one more Sevilla player”, he affirmed. Bono, one of the heroes in his team’s victory against Benzema’s Al-Ittihad, is blunt when asked if Sevilla is the club of his life. “I am aware of everything that happens, it is normal. When you spend a lot of time in a club, which was the club of your life, it is normal that you want to know what happens. I know that the situation was not easy during the transfer market “There was a lot of instability and it’s not easy for the players to focus on Sevilla. Now that the market is over, I’m sure the team is going to give 100% and turn the situation around,” he says.
Bond with Morocco.Pavel GolovkinAP
Mendilibar was one of the great defenders for Bono to stay, but it turned out to be impossible. The Sevillian coach starred in a press conference to remember when they asked him if Bono was leaving: “I think he is going to leave. I don’t know if before Vitoria or after, but it does seem that it is easier for the doors to go to Arabia or there”.
“When Mendilibar arrives, the first thing I said is that it will depend on the footballers, on what we are capable of giving, and now is the time more than ever for them to help him because they are going to make him a better and stronger coach. They are Very good players and noble guys, I’m sure they’ll be 100% with the coach because he’s a great coach. Logically, I’ll watch Sevilla’s matches as I can, as I already said because I have many friends and they’re part of me, I’ll always be there.” , he concludes.
Al Hilal was the first champion of the Saudi competition in the 1975-76 season and is already the most successful club in the country with 18 titles, followed by Al Nassr, who has nine. After the arrivals of Neymar and Bono, the entity seeks to reign again after a bad season where it saw Al-Ittihad touch the sky. “I think there is great talent in Arab countries and Saudi Arabia is now giving us an opportunity to prove it. I come to Arab football with the intention of making history, hopefully I can make history with Al Hilal. The public expects a lot from us and That for me is something very positive. I like challenges and I like being in a place where there are great expectations,” he said on the day of his presentation.
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