The circle between Chelsea and Koundé narrows – MARCA.com

At Sevilla they are convinced that the decisive moment has come for the transfer of Jules Kound to the Premier and thus become the biggest sale in the history of the Andalusian club. The talks between Chelsea and Sevilla have intensified since yesterday and the parties try to reach a midpoint between what some offer (50 + 5) and the others ask (65) for the Frenchman to leave this week towards to London. In fact, the idea is that he doesn’t even have to travel with his teammates to Portugal on Thursday for the second preseason stage. No one wants to get to that point and the present and future hours are being decisive in an operation that will take place shortly. This is what all parties want. Chelsea, to eliminate rivals in the bid. Sevilla, to start its reconstruction. And the player, to finally take a really important step in his career. With this predisposition by the three parties, the agreement will arrive sooner rather than later in an amount that exceeds 60 million, variables included. At Sevilla they want to ensure at least those 60 kilos. If not in a fixed amount, at least with variables that are easy to achieve, leaving other more complex ones in everything that exceeds six tens. Chelsea are willing to bet heavily on Kound, having already made the first reinforcement in their defense. The appearance of a Barcelona that achieves everything it sets out to do has alerted the new directors of the English team. Despite the strong Barça interest, which only Jorge Mendes (intermediary in the operation) has transferred to Sevilla, no real offer has materialized. The speed of the operation also prevents the Bara from rearming economically to launch an attack by the defender. Monchi also needs this operation to end up awakening a planning that has only had the incorporation of Marcao. Everything is at the expense of grabbing this strong surplus value and going to the market with an important economic support. And with the priority of signing a new central defender who competes with the aforementioned Marcao, Rekik and the variants that Lopetegui has within his squad for the center of defense. Chelsea have narrowed the circle for Kound. He has placed himself on pole at the exact moment. The distances are minimal to reach an agreement. Only the appearance of another competitor with hard and cold money could change the direction of an operation that at this time only has a blue color.