In a move that sent shockwaves through European football, former Spain and Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has agreed to purchase Sevilla FC, the club where he began his career. The deal, reported by El País, marks one of the most high-profile player-to-owner transitions in the sport’s history. Details of the financial arrangement were not immediately disclosed, but Ramos’s emotional connection to the Andalusian club gives the story a fairy-tale quality — though running a football club is rarely a fairy tale.
Walter Murrow
May 12, 2026
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