The last detail of the signing of Koundé: Barça offered more than Chelsea

This Thursday confirmed the signing of Jules Koundé by the FC Barcelona. The central landed in the City Condal afterwards that the blaugrana achieved an agreement with the Seville by 50 million fixed euros more variable (speak of five or ten 'kilos') and has turned into the reinforcement of luxury that so much had asked Xavi Hernández to reinforce his defensive saga of face to the season 2022-2023.

The Barça, to achieve the signing, had to battle -once again- with Chelsea, team with which the Seville had reached an agreement during the past week, as they have recognised from the own club hispalense. The English had put on the table an offer of 55 million pounds for his traspaso, to pay in three terms. To last hour, went in them 'doubts' and abandoned the career, to which added the Catalan picture during principles of this week.

Like this it has it desvelado the sportive director of the Seville, Monchi, in statements to the official means of the club. It has recognised that the agreement with Chelsea -and Koundé- himself existed: "In the start of the market there were more beaux that those that there has been at the end. Those that have remained , especially Chelsea, that in the last month has had us busy. The past Thursday arrive to a verbal agreement with Chelsea and also with the player".

Nevertheless, the ones of the Stamford Bridge detained the operations shortly after: "In the last instant, some doubts of Chelsea did that it stopped everything in the weekend and for the first time that they contact us from Barcelona the past Monday. No before. They did us an inferior offer to what pretended. And afterwards they arrived to an important quantity, being the most important sale of the history of the club, no only by the quantity but by the time".

Monchi Has explained that for the Seville was vital to sell to Koundé this year and that the quantity by which has gone out (€50m) was the more 'just': "Had the sword of Damócles that they remained him two years to Koundé and the next were died. We have been able to achieve some important figures without paying intermediaries neither commissions", aimed, adding that "it has been a very good offer. The market dictamina the value of the player. The offers of the three years have been surroundings always to a quantity (50 millions)".

"Tol final Chelsea has wanted to go back, but the offer of the Barcelona was better"

The sportive director understands that it has been the wisest decision and that are satisfied with the sale, desvelando that Chelsea wanted to interfere when they already were negotiating with the Barça, but that the offer of the culés was upper: "we Have sold with the best possible offer and to the club that more has bet. I am satisfied. We have done what had to do defending the interests of the Seville. It is truth that at the end Chelsea has wanted to go back, but the offer of the Barcelona was better that the one of Chelsea. The best offer that have received has been the one of the Barcelona".

The Seville reinforces to a direct rival

On the other hand, the director of the Seville has spoken on that the club is reinforcing to a team that has the same aspirations that they in the next season, but considers that the Catalans are not a "direct rival" and that they are in a different stair, by what does not consider that it was a problem of face to the aims of the 2022-2023. "We are not direct rivals of the Barcelona. We are a very ambitious club, with a lot of pride, but are in another stair".

It added, on the other hand, that from the Barcelona "can buy an ours player by a lot of million euros and we no. We have done two very good sales to follow keeping this level of staff. We are not very distinct to the Villarreal, Betis, Real... The Seville keeps growing because we have put us three years been still in Champions. The Seville grows with his limitations and with the feet in the floor".