Spanish footballer Sergio Ramos jokingly asked to buy Krylya Sovetov

Match TV producer Sergey Akulinin reacted to the news that Sergio Ramos is buying Sevilla with a joke about the Samara-based footballers.

«Maybe Krylya would be better? Sergio, por favor,» wrote Akulinin. («Sergio, please!»)

Sergio Ramos Garcia (born March 30, 1986) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central defender. He began his career in the youth academy of Sevilla, playing for the club«s first team between 2002 and 2005. In the summer of 2005, he moved to Real Madrid for 27 million euros and spent 16 seasons there, captaining the team for six seasons. With Real, he won 22 major trophies.

In 2021, he joined Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), returned to Sevilla in 2023, and from 2025 played for Monterrey (Mexico). For the Spanish national team (2005–2023) he played 180 matches (a record) and won 131 games (a record), winning the 2010 World Cup and the 2008 and 2012 European Championships. In December 2025, Ramos became a free agent after his contract with Mexican club Monterrey ended.

In late January, reports emerged that Sergio Ramos had reached a preliminary agreement with Sevilla«s shareholders to buy the club. The footballer»s partner in the acquisition would be the holding company Five Eleven Capital. The purchase offer amounted to 450 million euros and met with approval from the shareholders.

The debt of Krylya Sovetov to RT-Kapital dates back to 2016. In December 2025, an arbitration court ruled to recover more than 928 million rubles (about $10.3 million at current rates) from Krylya. The club partially repaid the debt: at the end of December it paid 535 million rubles (about $5.94 million), and in January, another 54 million rubles (about $600,000). Nevertheless, the remaining debt of 519 million rubles (about $5.77 million), of which 454 million rubles (about $5.04 million) is the principal and 65 million rubles (about $722,200) is an enforcement fee, remained unpaid.

This led to severe measures: a transfer ban from the Russian Football Union (the club cannot register new players), a new lawsuit for 146 million rubles (about $1.62 million) from RT-Kapital (dated January 19), and a notice of intent to bankrupt the club, published by RT-Kapital on January 21. However, Krylya promise to sort out both the debts and the transfers, assuring that things are not that bad.