Sevilla continues to assimilate the goodbye of one of its figures from the current squad, Jules Koundé for $50 million dollars. Regarding this, the sports director, Monchi, reiterated in an interview that FC Barcelona’s offer was better than Chelsea’s.
According to information from different media, the Catalans reached an agreement with the Sevillians for the already mentioned figure of $50 million dollars plus ten in variables to overcome the team led by Thomas Tuchel.
“At the beginning of the market there were more suitors than there have been at the end. Those who have stayed, especially Chelsea, who have kept us busy in the last month. Last Thursday we reached a verbal agreement with Chelsea and also with the player”, commented Monchi.
“At the last moment, some doubts from Chelsea caused everything to stop over the weekend and for the first time they contacted us from Barcelona last Monday. Not before. They made us an offer lower than what we wanted. And then they reached a significant amount, being the most important sale in the history of the club, not only for the amount but for the time“, continued the sports director.
It is important to highlight that Chelsea FC was one step away from taking the central defender, after having an agreement with the Sevillians. However, the center-back was more seduced by the sports project that Xavi Hernández himself presented to him by telephone.
Subsequently, the Catalans proceeded to present their formal proposal to the club, after having tied the same footballer that at no time did he hesitate to say yes to Xavi Hernández, Joan Laporta and Mateu Alemany.
“It was a very good offer. The market dictates the value of the player. The offers of the three years have always been around an amount. We needed to sell it, we say it calmly. We have sold with the best possible offer and to the club that has bet the most”, concluded Monchi.
In this way Jules Koundé became the fifth signing of the Catalans in this transfer market and his incorporation has generated enormous enthusiasm for all the fans with a dream defense, along with Eric García, Ronald Araújo and Andreas Christensen.
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