Monchi officially left his role as sporting director at Serie A side Roma by mutual consent on Friday.
The Spaniard has been heavily linked with the vacant technical director role at Arsenal in recent months and reports over the weekend have suggested he will join the Gunners in the summer.
Fans on Twitter have had a mixed reaction to the prospect of Monchi coming to the Emirates:
Positive but not over the moon. Hopefully it will lead to great things.
— North London Farmers FC (@ozilicious49) 8 March 2019
A lot of Roma fans are saying that he's not good at all !
— abdelaziz ayman (@abdelazizayma18) 8 March 2019
From bad to worse. Going backwards. preWenger era incoming.
— Damn ? (@damn2311) 8 March 2019
Can he start scouting now? Boss
— Nguyen Viet Hung (@hungthaohanvan) 8 March 2019
Accepting mediocrity once again he’s been hounded out of Roma
— Supr3me??????? (@AFC_supr3me) 8 March 2019
A fullfiller of Kroenkes dreams…
He will turn Arsenal into supermarket!
He is a seller.
Is that the future and the way this club is heading to? Goodnight…— JJ (@auguscht) 8 March 2019
He's good at fiding good Young players, but when as a club you put yourself on buying Young players you have to expect inconsistency of those players for few seasons before the blossom
— M.E (@me_esso10) 8 March 2019
Get sven back, otherwise,not interested.
— T.S (@tommy_8607) 8 March 2019
hopefully he will start his work from now because boy do we need major surgeries at this club
— JRFIZZY (@JRFIZZY) 8 March 2019
Sad times
— Кибот (@PustomRuka) 8 March 2019
The 48-year-old had a very good track record at Sevilla, helping to guide the Spanish club to five UEFA Cup/Europa League trophies in his 16-year stint as the team’s sporting director.
Three of those titles were lifted with Unai Emery as manager, and it’s likely Monchi’s arrival at Arsenal would have been partially influenced by his fellow Spaniard’s presence at the club.
However, the sporting director’s time at Roma was a lot less successful. Players such as Mo Salah were sold to Liverpool for below market value, and he was blamed for the club’s lack of success on the pitch in recent years.
Whether Arsenal will see the Monchi of Sevilla or Roma, we shall have to wait and see.
