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As Manchester United bid farewell to Anthony Martial for the rest of the season, Newcastle struggle to sign their top target and Chelsea are left with Jules Kounde regrets, Sevilla’s transfer guru Monchi can rest easy knowing the fate of the transfer window rests in his hands once again.

All three Premier League clubs encountered a problem with those deals — and that was trying to convince Monchi, the brains behind Sevilla’s well-oiled operation, to compromise. When it comes to transfer deals, the Spaniard very rarely loses out.

Monchi — full name Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo — is renowned as one of football’s shrewdest operators in the transfer market as Sevilla’s sporting director.

Now 53, the Spaniard is credited with a knack for identifying talent with high resale value and extracting large transfer fees when those players have fulfilled their potential.

Martial’s deal to join the Spanish club may appear to be expensive on the face of it, with Sevilla reportedly covering the Frenchman’s wages until the end of the season. But as Real Madrid ’s only realistic title challenger, it could prove to be a masterstroke for Julen Lopetegui’s side.

Should the move fail to work out as planned, the 26-year-old