Why Jules Koundé prefers to play for Barcelona

FC Barcelona is feeling pressure fot the signing of Jules Koundé in the last hours, as Chelsea has entered the race for the central defender and is trying to close his arrival as soon as possible by offering Sevilla around 60 million euros.

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At the moment there is nothing closed and the Catalan team has the will of the French player, he wants to play at Camp Nou and is doing his part for the Andalusian club to negotiate his sale to the Culés.

According to Sport, Jules Koundé is pressuring Sevilla to sign for Barça in the next few days, despite the fact that Chelsea are in the lead at the moment with an offer much higher than that of the Catalans.

In the English club, they are really confident of closing the deal in the next few days, but the culé team is clinging to the idea that Koundé wants to sign for his club. Barcelona has asked the player to do everything possible to delay the negotiations between the parties as it is trying to find the money needed to close his signing.

Barça in search of more economic levers

Joan Laporta is working to activate more economic levers, the first two have served to bring new faces to the club and it is hoped that the third may be enough to close the signing of Jules Koundé by FC Barcelona. At the moment, this option does not seem to be imminent as the president is still negotiating the amounts to be paid. The other option is that the departure of Frenkie De Jong is confirmed and the money raised by the Dutchman is used for the arrival of the French center-back. But Frenkie will not leave Barcelona by choice.

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