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Chelsea agree to a deal for Sevilla’s French internatinal Jules Koundé

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Chelsea agree to a deal for Sevilla’s French internatinal Jules Koundé

Premier League giants Chelsea are set to proceed their summer time procuring spree within the wake of recent proprietor Todd Boehly taking the reins from former chief Roman Abramovich after agreeing to phrases for French worldwide defender Jules Koundé.

Koundé, 23, has lengthy been on the Chelsea radar display ever since final summer time beneath Champions League-winning boss Thomas Tuchel focused Koundé because the Blues regarded to construct on their Champions League win, and almost captured the Frenchman in January earlier than the deal broke down.

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Per reports in The Sun, the Blues have agreed to a deal for Koundé whereas successful the dash to his signature forward of Spanish giants Barcelona, with the Stamford Bridge outfit set to pay an preliminary £51million up entrance with an extra £4million in add-ons to come back.

The Paris native could possibly be set to affix the Chelsea squad for the rest of their US tour with the deal stated to be ’99 p.c full’ with simply the ultimate touches remaining.

It has been a whirlwind week of transfers for the west London membership after the membership swooped for England star Raheem Sterling in addition to SSC Napoli’s Senegalese stalwart Kalidou Koulibaly.

Chelsea may be in line to safe one other blockbuster transfer for Dutch worldwide star Frenkie de Jong (learn extra within the hyperlink under) as Boehly has come into the fold on the head of the capital membership intent on constructing a squad able to difficult for the Premier League as early as doable.

Ought to no unexpected points come up, Koundé can be the final piece of a probably vaunted center-back trio comprised of Brazilian veteran Thiago Silva, Koulibaly, and himself as Tuchel seems to be to proceed with a back-three deployment within the 2022-23 season.

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