Sevilla chief Victor Orta says they will survive Sergio Ramos' departure.
The veteran defender admits he rejected a "lifetime" contract offer from Sevilla to depart this summer.
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Orta said: “Sevilla loses many things without Ramos: leadership, football, experience, essence...
"We proposed to him the intention of renewing, we knew that a series of circumstances had to occur and he made that quite clear.
"It has been an incredible year.”