Third time’s the charm, goes the saying, and it seems that in the case of Jules Koundé it will be like that sooner or later. After two summers in which, due to his extraordinary performance and the display of his enormous potential, Sevilla managed to retain him before the siren songs of the Premier League, his departure for England is an open secret . And this also produces, logically, a constant buzz of more or less well-founded information about the moment when the very strong rumor becomes real news. But, for now, there is only that, a buzz.
Sevilla is in a relative hurry with the matter after, even before June began, some 35 million euros were already guaranteed for the departures of Diego Carlos, to Aston Villa, and de Pozo, to Almería. There is practically the entire month of June ahead of us and during that same Koundé will continue to be in the showcase of the League of Nations, in which France started off on the wrong foot when they were surprised in Saint-Denis by Delaney’s Denmark (1-2 ). The central defender of Sevilla formed a starting eleven full of stars. And that is an undoubted positive factor for its price to remain high or even rise.
With Koundé on the field, by the way, France did not lose and it was as a result of his leaving the field when Cornelius, in a forceful play, left his pair, the right-handed center back who replaced him, made it 1-2. But this is merely anecdotal and the substance is that Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea wants him in his new projectwhich will be reinforced by the landing of North American capital by Todd Boehly, after the forced sale of the London club by Roman Abramovich.
The North American tycoon, allied with the Clearlake corporate consortium, has arrived at Stamford Bridge with a large amount of dollars in his idea of returning the laurels to Chelsea, who wanted Koundé in September of last year, when he was the reigning European champion, and saw how Sevilla rejected the 50 million that he offered for him. It was the second time that the Sevilla executive committee said no to an important offer for the French international center-back, after the one made in 2020 by Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
It happens that, according to English information, Boehly has fallen in love with Ousmane Dembélé, who has the advantage of already being a free agent, with which the negotiation is direct with the agency of the French soccer player, who curiously is not summoned by Deschamps for the four France games this June. That is to say, the acquisition of it by the blues should not be prolonged in time. Although Dembélé, even with the question of whether he will be in the World Cup, to which Koundé does point, settled as he is in Deschamps’ team, he has many girlfriends in Europe and also in the Premier, although the presence in London of Tuchel, who uncovered it at Borussia Dortmund, it can be decisive.
The signing of the French winger is a priority for the new owner of Chelsea, according to Talksports. Would be like a blow of effect, a cover letter, signing a free footballer for which the greats of Europe sigh. And that could leave the operation for Koundé in the background, with which the London club already reached an agreement last summer and everything would be well under way to sign his new contract. Another thing would be the negotiation with Sevilla.
The early sale of Diego Carlos gives calm to the executive committee, which on the other hand also has a commitment to the footballer to attend to substantial offers, according to the potential of a 23-year-old international footballer for France. Sources close to the club assure that so far there has been no contact, just when some journalist specializing in the market assured that Chelsea was willing to put up 65 million euros shortly, a fairly significant amount and that exceeds that of a year ago by far. But, for now, everything is a buzz and there is nothing certain. It’s time to wait for events.
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