Monchi says it was his decision to leave AS Roma last week.

The Spaniard has returned to Sevilla as their sports director.

“I left Roma for a simple reason: I realised that the owners' ideas were different to mine," he said at his Sevilla unveiling on Monday.

“The President thought it was better to go to the right, I thought it was better to go to the left.

“It wasn't right to carry on like that, but I can only speak highly of Pallotta and all those who brought me to Rome.

“You'll never hear me say anything against the club and Roma. We realised we were travelling on different paths and decided to stop there."