{"id":16133,"date":"2025-09-23T18:57:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=640325"},"modified":"2025-09-23T18:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:27:33","slug":"roberto-olabe-to-take-charge-of-aston-villas-football-operations-after-monchis-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/roberto-olabe-to-take-charge-of-aston-villas-football-operations-after-monchis-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto Olabe to take charge of Aston Villa\u2019s football operations after Monchi\u2019s exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa have reached an agreement to appoint Roberto Olabe as their new president of football operations, following the impending departure of Monchi from the role.<\/p>\n<p>Olabe, who exited Real Sociedad at the end of last season, has established a strong reputation as one of Europe\u2019s leading sporting directors. During his tenure with the Basque club, he played a pivotal role in building competitive squads and nurturing talent, earning recognition from several top European sides.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard had previously been on Villa\u2019s radar before the club opted to hire Monchi. His proven track record in strategic planning, player recruitment, and long-term squad building also attracted interest from major clubs such as Arsenal and Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The move is expected to be formally announced soon, with Monchi set to leave the position after just over a year in Birmingham. His exit was reported by The Athletic earlier this week, marking the end of a short but impactful stint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa have reached an agreement to appoint Roberto Olabe as their new president of football operations, following the impending\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1288,3686,3918,1823,3796,4024],"class_list":["post-16133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-aston-villa","tag-david-ornstein","tag-english-premier-league","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-the-atheltic"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}