Sevilla Chief hails Akor Adams signing after years of tracking

Sevilla sporting director Victor Orta has expressed his excitement over the signing of Jerome Akor Adams.

The Nigerian forward completed his move to the Rojiblancos from French Ligue 1 side Montpellier.

Orta disclosed that Sevilla had been monitoring Akor’s progress for several years before securing his transfer.

“Well, a player that we had been following for a long time, obviously during his time in Norway and when he started at Montpellier, where he had some excellent numbers,” he told the club’s official website.

” Then, a little due to the circumstances of the team, maybe they haven’t had that level, but he was a player that when we knew he was available on the market, we didn’t hesitate to sign him under the parameters that Sevilla currently has because he can bring us a lot of physicality, speed, back-to-back play, aggressiveness.

“I think he’s a fairly complete striker, who has already played in a powerful league, the French league, a difficult league, with a lot of marking, a lot of aggressiveness, and who I think can help us here and can add and can contribute with all these virtues to the team.”

Akor’s fellow Nigerian, Kelechi Iheanacho, joined Sevilla on a free transfer last summer.

However, Iheanacho has yet to score in his nine league appearances for the former UEFA Europa League champions.

Victor Orta shared his thoughts on helping the new striker get things right at the club.

“With all the signings there is pressure because when you make them you want them to perform and I want the players to do well,” he added.

“Obviously, the striker position is a very complicated one. I think that striker and central defender are the most complicated positions to sign in the market right now.

“I’m not the one saying it, almost all the sporting directors say it, and obviously between that and more so in the winter market, where there is less availability, we have had to do a good job.

” But in the end we have arrived at an extraordinary option, an option that really satisfies us as sports directors, satisfies us as board members and satisfies the coaching staff as well, so we are satisfied.”