Barcelona ‘HIJACK Chelsea’s Jules Kounde transfer after reaching shock agreement with Sevilla for defender’
BARCELONA are '99 per cent' certain to sign Jules Kounde after majorly hijacking Chelsea's transfer agreement, according to shock reports.
The Sevilla defender, 23, looked all set to complete a £55million switch to Stamford Bridge in the coming days.
But after the deal was shaken up by him turning up to pre-season unannounced, Barcelona have reportedly swooped.
According to reporter , the LaLiga rivals have successful negotiated a deal and the transfer is virtually completed.
He tweeted: "This morning Barca and Sevilla have reached an AGREEMENT principle for Jules Kounde.
"The operation is closed by 99 per cent, except for a cataclysm in the next few hours, the central defender of Sevilla will be a culer [Barcelona player]."
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Sevilla have denied any agreement with Barca and insist they are only in talks with Chelsea.
It is a major U-turn from the Catalan giants who admitted defeated in the race to land the exciting French centre-back just a couple of days ago.
Nou Camp president Joan Laporta stated Kounde is heading to the Bridge.
And it was not until that transfer is officially done that Thomas Tuchel would have sanctioned the sale of captain Cesar Azpilicueta to Barca.
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The Blues manager admitted the Spaniard is not happy with being forced to wait for the green light to approve his dream move.
And now with the latest developments from Spain, Azpilicueta may have to stay after all.
Kounde was heavily expected to sign a five-year deal in West London worth just shy of £150,000 per week, making him one of the club's top earners.
Chelsea have already landed Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly this summer.
Sterling's £300,000-a-week contract makes him the club's new top earner while ex-Napoli ace Koulibaly is on £162,000 per week.
