Kounde agreed to join Barcelona, but he won't wait too long

Posted Friday, July 08, 2022 by 7M Sport

As reports that Kounde has agreed to join Barcelona, but only if Chelsea do not strike a deal with Sevilla soon.

Chelsea are making a final push for Kounde and are willing to meet Sevilla's asking price of more than 60 million euros for the player, who is also a target for Barcelona. Chelsea are understood to have reached an agreement with Kounde before, but the club's pursuit of him, Matthijs de Ligt, Ake, Skriniar and Coulibaly at the same time has not gone down well with conte.

It is said that Kounde is now leaning towards a move to Barcelona if Chelsea or another big club do not strike a deal with Sevilla soon. But he won't have to wait too long.

Xavi is an admirer of Kounde and wants the player, but Chelsea will now have to step up their pursuit of the French centre-back as their other targets are close to joining other clubs, with Matthijs de Ligt close to joining Bayern Munich, Skriniar close to joining PSG and Coulibaly in talks with Juventus.

Mendes met with new Chelsea owner in Portugal a few days ago to discuss a move for Kounde. Sevilla are now waiting for funds to be secured for the sale of Kounde and will use the money to finance several other deals.