There has been a bit of a storm in the football “Twitterati” today due to the “late information” that Barcelona could look at Chelsea for the second time this summer, by convincing Sevilla defender Jules Koundé to join the Culés instead of the blue ones. However, reports in Spain from Mundo Deportivo and El Chiringuito — both of which would leap to the claim that the almighty Barca, despite their near-fallen status, are still giants of the sport — say the exact opposite.
Of course, stranger things have happened in football. Manchester United certainly didn’t have Chelsea ahead of them to get Pedro out of Barcelona. Nor did Tottenham when Willian, medically cleared and just a couple of days away from the pencil, paper and all that jazz photo shoot, left Spurs for a move to west London. Koundé can do the same to us, given Beckham’s Law and whatever sweet Barça whisper in his ears as he does everything he can to avoid what could be one of the ugliest falls from grace in the history of the sport
Still, don’t worry like Boehly and co. are proving to be more than capable operators of football transfers despite this being (in theory) their first rodeo. If not Koundé, it will be someone else as capable or even better than the French international.