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The Andalucian club's vociferous president issued the stark news with the team lying eight points behind the top four.
Until only last week, Del Nido was insisting that he would not allow any of his best players to leave unless a club wanted to break the bank, but now he appears to have changed his tune.
While Dani Alves has been linked to several of Europe's big names, such stars as Andrés Palop, Frédéric Kanouté, Christian Poulsen, Luis Fabiano, Jesús Navas and, most recently, Diego Capel have all attracted interest.
Del Nido wil no doubt not let any player go on the cheap, but he admits that only a place in the Champions League could ensure that Manolo Jiménez has the current compliment of players to work with next term.
"Nearly 20 per cent of the budget of the team depends on us playing in the biggest continental competition," he said.
"If this year we do not qualify then we will have to sell off some assets, that is to say, players to make up the shortfall."
In the recent winter transfer window Andreas Hinkel and Martí were off-loaded and so was, more surprisingly perhaps, Ariza Makukula, who joined Benfica for no less than €3.5m.
Sevilla have had a torrid time of things this season as they have had to recover from the death of Antonio Puerta and the loss of coach Juande Ramos.
Both those things had a profound affect, but the team have settled down now and are back on course after looking highly unlikely to even make a UEFA Cup berth at one stage.
I'll take alves please.
Until only last week, Del Nido was insisting that he would not allow any of his best players to leave unless a club wanted to break the bank, but now he appears to have changed his tune.
While Dani Alves has been linked to several of Europe's big names, such stars as Andrés Palop, Frédéric Kanouté, Christian Poulsen, Luis Fabiano, Jesús Navas and, most recently, Diego Capel have all attracted interest.
Del Nido wil no doubt not let any player go on the cheap, but he admits that only a place in the Champions League could ensure that Manolo Jiménez has the current compliment of players to work with next term.
"Nearly 20 per cent of the budget of the team depends on us playing in the biggest continental competition," he said.
"If this year we do not qualify then we will have to sell off some assets, that is to say, players to make up the shortfall."
In the recent winter transfer window Andreas Hinkel and Martí were off-loaded and so was, more surprisingly perhaps, Ariza Makukula, who joined Benfica for no less than €3.5m.
Sevilla have had a torrid time of things this season as they have had to recover from the death of Antonio Puerta and the loss of coach Juande Ramos.
Both those things had a profound affect, but the team have settled down now and are back on course after looking highly unlikely to even make a UEFA Cup berth at one stage.
I'll take alves please.
(though Ramos will probably buy him to replace Robinson)
