{"id":22730,"date":"2022-07-04T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/04\/sevilla-chief-speaks-out-on-chelseas-jules-kounde-pursuit\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T18:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T22:00:42","slug":"sevilla-chief-speaks-out-on-chelseas-jules-kounde-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/04\/sevilla-chief-speaks-out-on-chelseas-jules-kounde-pursuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sevilla chief speaks out on Chelsea\u2019s Jules Kounde pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Monchi, sporting director at La Liga outfit Sevilla, has on Monday provided an insight into the future of in-demand defender Jules Kounde, amid long-standing links with Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>French international Kounde was of course widely expected to make the move to Stamford Bridge last summer, amid lengthy negotiations between the respective boards at Chelsea and La Liga outfit Sevilla.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, however, the former saw their efforts come up short, as Sevilla stood firm in their demands that the club\u2019s star defender\u2019s release clause be paid in full.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sevilla sport director Monchi: \u201cJules Kound\u00e9 has chances to leave the club if some club will pay the release clause. Chelsea made a bid last week but we didn\u2019t like it\u201d. ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sevilla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sevilla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kound\u00e9 release clause is around \u20ac75\/80m. Sevilla have no intention to negotiate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQaZKVsU0U\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WQaZKVsU0U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1432663981680959491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The widespread assumption was that Chelsea would ultimately return to the table with a fresh proposal this time round, though, on the back of the respective departures of Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, to this point, no such offer has been forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the new look transfer team in west London understood to be prioritising moves for Juventus\u2019 Matthijs de Ligt, and compatriot Nathan Ake of Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Monday, it therefore came as little surprise when the aforementioned Monchi was asked for the latest on Chelsea\u2019s interest in Kounde.<\/p>\n<p>The Sevilla chief, though, gave little away, admitting that whilst he is aware of the Blues\u2019 ongoing search for defensive reinforcements, Kounde is wanted on the part of clubs both \u2018in England and other countries\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that Chelsea have to find two centre-backs,\u201d Monchi explained to Onda Cero. \u201cBut the interest in Kounde comes from England and other countries. I would have to be a fortune teller to know what is going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are calls from everywhere. The money is starting to roll in a little. It is what we have left until August 31.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI know that Chelsea have to find two centre-backs\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sevilla\u2019s transfer chief has delivered an update on the battle for Jules Kounde.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p0nRaLV7LJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/p0nRaLV7LJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Standard Sport (@standardsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/standardsport\/status\/1544014047665856513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/everton-join-west-ham-and-more-in-race-for-chelsea-youngster\/\">Everton join West Ham and more in race for Chelsea youngster<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/concern-for-chelsea-as-matthijs-de-ligt-wants-to-join-new-suitor\/\">Concern for Chelsea as Matthijs de Ligt \u2018wants to join\u2019 new suitor<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monchi, sporting director at La Liga outfit Sevilla, has on Monday provided an insight into the future of in-demand defender Jules Kounde, amid long-standing links with Chelsea. French international Kounde was of course widely expected to make the move to Stamford Bridge last summer, amid lengthy negotiations between the respective boards at Chelsea and La [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-22730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}