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Chelsea beat off Barca to win the Kounde race.



Sevilla defender Jules Kounde is set to become Chelsea’s third summer signing after beating off competition from Barcelona for the Frenchman, according to The Telegraph. The report claims the Blues have agreed to pay the Spanish side in the region of £55 million and have offered the 23-year-old a five-year contract. Chelsea are now extremely confident in signing Sevilla's Jules Kounde. London is aware. Barcelona is also interested in the 23-year-old, but the Catalan club is said to be unable to match the Blues' £55 million bid from earlier this week.

Chelsea and Sevilla agreed on a £55 million fee for Kounde earlier this week, with personal terms agreed on a few months ago. However, Barcelona is determined to hijack the deal, but they may be forced to give up because they are unable to match Chelsea's bid, according to a source at football.london. Chelsea will now try to finalise the Kounde deal as soon as possible before anything else changes. The French international is willing to relocate to London.

Chelsea are now extremely confident in signing Sevilla's Jules Kounde. London is aware. Barcelona is also interested in the 23-year-old, but the Catalan club is said to be unable to match the Blues' £55 million bid from earlier this week. Chelsea and Sevilla agreed on a £55 million fee for Kounde earlier this week, with personal terms agreed on a few months ago. However, Barcelona is determined to hijack the deal, but they may be forced to give up because they are unable to match Chelsea's bid, according to a source at football.london. Chelsea will now try to finalise the Kounde deal as soon as possible before anything else changes. The France international is willing to relocate to London.

The LaLiga giants made a last-ditch effort to entice Kounde to join them after raising more funds with another rights sale on Thursday-but they were unable to compete with the Blues. According to multiple Spanish reports, Barcelona have accepted their fate in the race for Sevilla defender Jules Koundé and ruled out a transfer for the French international, who is now close to joining Chelsea.

Barça were given some hope on Thursday afternoon when Koundé decided to travel to Portugal with the Sevilla squad to give the Catalans a few extra hours to present a formal offer to the Andalusian club, but that proposal never arrived, and the Blaugrana will be unable to compete with Chelsea's bid for both the club and the player.

According to Fabrizio Romano, the Blues have offered Sevilla £55 million and a five-year contract to the player, which other reports claim will pay Koundé more than £50 million.

Chelsea are looking to sign Kounde to a five-year contract in order to strengthen their central defensive options. Following the departures of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger, Thomas Tuchel is eager to bring in more centre-backs. The Blues have already signed Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli and are in talks with PSG about Presnel Kimpembe. RB Leipzig's Josko Gvardiol is also being considered.

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