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Tuesday briefing: Sergio Ramos fronts €400 million US-backed bid for Sevilla

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6 January 2026 - 4:30 AM

Spanish football legend Sergio Ramos is leading a consortium interested in taking over his boyhood club Sevilla, as reported by The Athletic.

The 39-year-old is leading a €400 million bid to acquire 100 per cent of the LaLiga club, where he began his career as an academy graduate, before departing for Real Madrid in 2005. Ramos would later return to Sevilla for the 2023/24 season.

Although Ramos would not be the lead investor in the group, it is understood that he would serve as

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