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SERGIO RICO: "I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT ANY OTHER CLUB"

14/08/2017

The homegrown player was very grateful for the club's trust in him: "it's an honour and I think them from the bottom of my heart"

As soon as he had signed the extension of his contract until 2021, Sergio Rico stopped by the press room to give his thoughts on the agreement. Asked whether he had received offers to leave the club, he declared that "I'm a Sevillian and I'm very comfortable here. This is my second home and beyond being the club I support, I'm very happy here. I never thought about any club that wasn't Sevilla FC".

As for the individual goals he sets himself, his idea is to keep moving forward: "To play a good role with Sevilla FC, give my all in every match and keep growing in every aspect despite the fact that in recent years everything's been on the up anyway. To work, gain experience and give everything to the team so as to have a great season in which we achieve our objectives. Moreover, going to the World Cup would be incredible for me".

Choosing right now to focus on the present, he also referred to the tie against Basaksehir: "We're very excited about it. The team has done a great job in pre-season, giving 100% in every training session. We're hopeful and we really want Wednesday to come round so that we secure our place in the next Champions League draw. We're really keen and we're going to grit our teeth to face off against a team who will not make it easy".

Rico is one of the standard bearers for academy players in the dressing room, but now he has been joined by Jesús Navas: "It's very surreal, because when I was 16 and I started to train with the first team, Jesús was there. Then he left and now we're together again. It's weird to remember that when I was a kid I trained with him and now we're teammates in the first team. Both of us came from the academy and now we will help to convey that feeling of the club and that sevillismo that we have inside us".

To conclude, the Montequinto-born player wanted to thank the club who, after so many years, keep their faith in him: "It's incredibly satisfying. It's difficult to explain, that the people who have raised you all these years, maintain that interest in training you and helping you progress is an honour and I thank the club from the bottom of my heart".