BREAKING: Barcelona set to ‘HIJACK’ Chelsea’s deal after reaching shock agreement with player overnight
According to shocking reports, BARCELONA are “99%” guaranteed to sign Jules Kounde after significantly altering Chelsea’s transfer deal.
However, The 23-year-old Sevilla defender seems on track to finalize a £55 million transfer to Stamford Bridge soon.
But once the deal was supposedly jeopardized by his surprise appearance during preseason, Barcelona reportedly swooped in.
Meanwhile, Reporter Gerard Romero claims that the LaLiga rivals have successfully negotiated a deal and that the trade is all but done.
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].”
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.
The Blues manager admitted the Spaniard is not happy with being forced to wait for the green light to approve his dream move.