Hotter than spain and cant get any sleep and now barca are after another target, One we seemingly moved on from?

For the love of christ!!

Sevilla holding out for €60m+ for Jules Kounde. They prefer a straight-cash deal and are hoping for a bidding war potentially taking fee closer to €65m. Chelsea hopeful of agreeing a fee this week. Barcelona yet to formally bid with Sevilla waiting to see what comes from them.
 

Sources close to Kounde say he’s excited by the arrival of Kalidou Koulibaly and the chance to learn from him. But Xavi has made it clear to Joan Laporta he thinks Kounde is a top priority, and that’s why Barca are expected to move imminently. Still an open race.

Barça president Laporta: "After Lewandowski deal, we are now looking at strengthening the defense". 🔵🔴 #FCB 

"We competed with PSG and Chelsea for Lewandowski and he wanted to come to us, we must thank him because he gets less money from us".

15 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Chalobah, Kounde, Silva, Koulibaly, Ampadu, Colwill, and James. 

Think we'd be more than fine. 

1) Silva will likely leave after this season and anyway we can't expect him to play a major number of games at his age.

2) James will play more as a wingback and counting him as cover for both wingback and fullback will just increase his workload and risk of injury.

3) We will have to enter the market and begin negotiations with someone to replace Silva. So if a good player is available now then shouldn't be a problem. 

4) World cup year, hectic schedules, injuries make this lineup paper thin. There is a steep decline in the PL experience and quality of a second lineup consisting of Kounde, Ampadu and Colwill. 

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Barcelona are incredibly smug for a club that have been behaving appallingly. Anyway, will be nice watching Xavi fail to build a cohesive team. 

There is likely a limit to what Barca  can spend even if it doesn’t seem like it. They haven’t as yet sold either Depay or de Jong. However Barca can certainly spend the money. 

1 minute ago, ozboy said:

There is likely a limit to what Barca  can spend even if it doesn’t seem like it. They haven’t as yet sold either Depay or de Jong. However Barca can certainly spend the money. 

I get the feeling everyone is waiting. They might have to basically give some players away (or sell one they don’t want too) later on in the window

Sevilla are clearly tying to encourage a bidding war. It’s a fine balance of getting the deal done but not over paying and getting caught up in games. 

35 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Sevilla are clearly tying to encourage a bidding war. It’s a fine balance of getting the deal done but not over paying and getting caught up in games. 

Frankly, if we want him then we should do what we need to get it over the line. £5m in the grand scheme of things is nothing, and much better to get him in the squad and training/integrating, rather than trying to penny pinch

17 hours ago, forbzy said:

Not convinced we will get both Kimpembe and Kounde. Perhaps one of them is the second choice option.

I keep hearing that Kimpembe's preference is to stay in Paris at PSG. If true, I'm not sure that I would want him.

2 hours ago, coombsie said:

 

 

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delete wrong thread

2 hours ago, Blueboys said:

I get the feeling everyone is waiting. They might have to basically give some players away (or sell one they don’t want too) later on in the window

Christensen return on the cards?

He had knee surgery and then seemingly we walked away, Its possible his knee is now fine and properly rehabilitated but I have doubts due to his age, Young with knee problems can be a nightmare

If he goes barca over us i don't think we have lost a huge asset tbh

We need a striker and a mid, Esp if Alonso isn't going to barca too although i feel that's scumbag barca using media to barter for lower fee

I hope barca fold at this point tbh, Absolute scam club

 

Chelsea’s €55m bid plus bonuses for Jules Kounde has been rejected by Sevilla. The La Liga club is expecting €65m to sell the France international.

{Goal Espana}

4 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Chelsea’s €55m bid plus bonuses for Jules Kounde has been rejected by Sevilla. The La Liga club is expecting €65m to sell the France international.

{Goal Espana}

Sevilla have been a wretched club for us to deal with. Am not sure why they make it so easy for others like Spurs for Gil and Villa for the other CB they sold this window.

24 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Sevilla have been a wretched club for us to deal with. Am not sure why they make it so easy for others like Spurs for Gil and Villa for the other CB they sold this window.

They are the new Napoli for us

Barcelona agree four-year deal with Kounde, player closer to Camp Nou than Chelsea

8 minutes ago, mojo said:

Barcelona agree four-year deal with Kounde, player closer to Camp Nou than Chelsea

That would be petty of Sevilla to accept the same amount of money we offered from Barca and not our bid, but they have been petty for a while and it would not surprise me.

Hopefully the club has some other targets as De Ligt, Kimpembe Ake and now Kounde appear to be out of reach.

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3 minutes ago, mojo said:

Barcelona agree four-year deal with Kounde, player closer to Camp Nou than Chelsea

in other news by Barcelona sources:

5 reasons that having a 2 billion debt is surprisingly positive

Why players don't deserve their contractual salary, an essay

 

Have read Barca have offered Depay to Sevilla as part of their offer for Kounde.

3 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Have read Barca have offered Depay to Sevilla as part of their offer for Kounde.

Sevilla want cash upfront to find a replacement. 

2 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Sevilla want cash upfront to find a replacement. 

Guess it depends how much cash they need for replacement.

57 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Sevilla have been a wretched club for us to deal with. Am not sure why they make it so easy for others like Spurs for Gil and Villa for the other CB they sold this window.

Probably for the same reason we'd make it easy for someone to sign Michy or Barkley but not James and Mount.

1 hour ago, Argo said:

Probably for the same reason we'd make it easy for someone to sign Michy or Barkley but not James and Mount.

The other center back Costa was a starting player though, and Gil a promising young player. They dont compare to Batman and Barkley.

11 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

The other center back Costa was a starting player though, and Gil a promising young player. They dont compare to Batman and Barkley.

I said it largely in jest but the main point is the lesser players are always easier to get.

We could have shopped in the same market Arsenal and Spurs have been and had our business done by mid June.