This is how Koundé plays, the central defender who must take Barça to another level

The signing of Jules Koundé by the FC Barcelona is a reality. The defender will join to the discipline culé by the next five seasons, until the summer of 2027, after the club disbursed 50 million fixed euros that they could increase until the 60 'kilos' if they fulfil all the variables. It will land in the Spotify Camp Nou after three campaigns in Seville, being the fundamental axis of the defence of Julen Lopetegui.

His role in Andalucia has been as central, taking advantage of his aerial potential and his good exit from the bottom. The diagram 4-2-3-1 is the one who handled the ones of the Sánchez-Pizjuán in the majority of meetings, using him by the right sector of the saga to favour his more skillful leg. In the Barça will go in in the dynamics 4-3-3 of Xavi Hernández, being the mate of present and future of Ronald Araújo.

Koundé Attained to see door in three opportunities during 44 commitments in the last course, being indisputable headline for the hispalenses. To his 23 years, went the maximum defensive referent of the team and his polivalencia will allow him work with both profiles inside the new Barcelona diagram. His projection has given steps enlarged since it went up to the first staff of the Burdeos in 2017, recalando in LaLiga in 2019 by 25 'kilos' and, three years afterwards, in territory culé like request express of the trainer.

The '23' will arrive to Barcelona like one of the most important signings of this 2022 and with the opportunity to leave his footprint in one of the sportive enclosures more laureados to world-wide level. It will form part of the sportive project of the institution on a long-term basis and will be, beside Ansu Fati, Pedri, Gavi, Raphinha and Ferran Torres, one of the footballers that will be able to defend the shield on the lawn of the Espai Barça.

Power, vision and exit

The Parisian is a player with good legs and a lot of ease to advance metres with the balloon controlled. With 1.78 metres of height, can evade to the rivals in the hammer in short and cross lines from the bottom, being very difficult to brake if it takes speed in exit. Added to this, his vision of the field is another of his virtues, what allows to create opportunities with long passes.

Besides, his adaptation will not be a problem for Xavi because it speaks perfectly Spanish and has been under the orders of Lopetegui, the one who possesses some similar tactical foundations to the ones of the egarense in his game of position. With his arrival to Catalonia, the club wins to a good striker of head and an active powerful that finishes for bending the defensive sector for the 2022/23.