Barcelona CONFIRM Jules Kounde’s £46m arrival from Sevilla as Chelsea miss out on another target to the Catalan giants… with Frenchman signing a five-year contract including whopping £840m release clause
- Barcelona have confirmed the signing of defender Jules Kounde from Sevilla
- The Frenchman has signed a five-year contract at the Nou Camp
- Barca have inserted a huge £840million release clause in Kounde’s contract
- The defender will be ‘officially presented behind closed doors on Monday
Barcelona have reached an agreement with Sevilla for the transfer of defender Jules Kounde.
The Frenchman has signed a five-year contract at the Nou Camp and has an enormous buyout clause of £840million.
In a statement, Barca said: ‘FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Jules Olivier Kounde.
‘The player will be signing a contract with the Catalan club for the next five seasons. The buyout clause has been set at one billion euros (€1,000,000,000).’
The Catalan club dramatically beat Chelsea to the signature of Kounde this week.
Barcelona have confirmed the signing of Sevilla defender Jules Kounde on a five-year contract
The Blues were the front-runners to sign the defender, but Barca swooped in at the eleventh hour to make the Frenchman their fifth addition of the summer.
The saga comes after Andreas Christensen swapped West London for Barcelona earlier in the window, while the Blaugrana also sealed the signing of Brazilian winger Raphinha ahead of Thomas Tuchel’s side.
The defender revealed that Barcelona manager Xavi was a huge factor in his move to Catalona, saying: ‘Xavi is one of the big reasons why I am here too. I spoke with hum several times, the way he spoke was captivating.’
Barca announced that Kounde trained with his new club for the first time on Friday will be ‘officially presented’ behind closed doors on Monday.
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