According to Marca, José Ángel Carmona is one of the main candidates to leave Sevilla in January. Sevilla needs to generate a capital gain of around ten million euros to balance the club's finances, which would require a major sale in the next two weeks.

According to Marca, José Ángel Carmona is one of the players who could leave in the winter market if an important offer is received, despite being indispensable for Matías Almeyda.

AS reports that José Ángel Carmona was on the verge of leaving Sevilla permanently for Sporting de Portugal last summer.

Zenit de San Petersburgo showed interest in José Ángel Carmona, making an offer of 10 million euros plus variables in January. Carmona decided to stay at Sevilla at the time, but there are reports from Russia indicating that Zenit will make a new, more lucrative proposal in the summer.