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| Jules Kounde during the match between RCD Espanyol and Sevilla FC, corresponding to the week 25 of the Liga Santander, played at the RCDE Stadium, in Barcelona, on 20th February 2022. |
Barcelona and Sevilla
have reportedly verbally agreed to the transfer of Jules Kounde, who will sign
a €6 million-a-year contract at Camp Nou.
According to reputed
Italian journalist Fabrizio
Romano, Barcelona and Sevilla have reached a verbal agreement over a
move for Jules Kounde in the summer transfer window. The 23-year-old French
international will reportedly sign a contract worth €6 million per year
after accepting the personal terms on offer from the Blaugrana last
week.
The long-dragging Jules
Kounde transfer saga has finally reached the end of the line. The player has
been a hot property in the transfer market for well over a year, but he will
leave Sevilla for good this summer after a battle between Chelsea and Barcelona
for his services.
Chelsea seemed to have
initially won the race to sign Kounde, who was on the verge of becoming their third
signing of the summer transfer window. But the Blues were out of the equation
once Barcelona
hijacked their move and quickly reached an agreement in
principle with Sevilla for the 23-year-old’s transfer.
Kounde has also
reportedly been in favour of joining Barcelona instead of Chelsea, with recent
reports claiming that he has accepted
the offer of a four-year contract from Barcelona. And while Chelsea
thought about submitting a new bid to sign the French international, they threw in
the towel after realising they would not beat Barcelona.
According to Mundo
Deportivo, Kounde’s contract with Barcelona will be worth €6
million per year, meaning he was ready to accept lower wages from the Blaugrana instead
of Chelsea. The west Londoners thus need to set their sights on alternatives
for the 23-year-old French international.
Meanwhile, Barcelona
will secure the services of a player who should be a solid long-term successor
for Gerard Pique. And Xavi Hernandez will hope that the Sevilla defender and
Ronald Araujo forge a solid central defensive partnership in the 2022/23
season, making it the base for a successful campaign.
According to Fabrizio
Romano, while Barcelona and Sevilla have verbally agreed to a move for the
23-year-old French international, some minor details are yet to be ironed out.
But Kounde should ideally be unveiled as a new Barcelona player in the coming
days, with Xavi having most of his desired squad at his disposal before the
2022/23 season begins.
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