{"id":24168,"date":"2022-07-21T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/21\/chelsea-boost-barcelonas-understanding-of-jules-koundes-next-club-explained\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:01:55","slug":"chelsea-boost-barcelonas-understanding-of-jules-koundes-next-club-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/21\/chelsea-boost-barcelonas-understanding-of-jules-koundes-next-club-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea boost: Barcelona\u2019s understanding of Jules Kound\u00e9\u2019s next club explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">FC Barcelona look set to miss out on the signing of Jules Kound\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">The French defender is now closing in on a move to Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta is expected to be Bar\u00e7a\u2019s only defensive signing for now.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Bar\u00e7a resigned to losing Kound\u00e9<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">El Bar\u00e7a empieza a asumir que no fichar\u00e1 a Kound\u00e9. Incluso en el club hay quien ya lo ve en Londres. El acuerdo Chelsea-Sevilla, en la recta final.<\/p>\n<p>Si llega Azpilicueta, no habr\u00e1 urgencias por fichar \u2018otro\u2019 Kound\u00e9. Se valorar\u00e1 m\u00e1s adelante. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tjuanmarti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tjuanmarti<\/a> ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samuelsonsilva?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@samuelsonsilva<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f7Oh9owlPj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/f7Oh9owlPj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Relevo (@relevo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/relevo\/status\/1549802045842006016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish club are starting to believe that Kound\u00e9 will seal a move to west London, according to <strong>Relevo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Some at Bar\u00e7a have already accepted defeat in their pursuit of the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the Blues\u2019 agreement with Sevilla is now in the final stages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/chelsea-table-65m-bid-for-jules-kounde-amid-barcelona-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Other reports claim<\/a> that Todd Boehly\u2019s club have submitted a \u20ac65million bid.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona look set to now step up their interest in Azpilicueta.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of the Spaniard is expected to mean that they will no longer be in a rush to find an alternative to Kound\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h2>Azpilicueta\u2019s arrival just a matter of days<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1706268\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1706268\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1706268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fbl-eng-facup-chelsea-crystal-palace-1650380617.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea boost: Barcelona\u2019s understanding of Jules Kound\u00e9\u2019s next club explained\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fbl-eng-facup-chelsea-crystal-palace-1650380617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fbl-eng-facup-chelsea-crystal-palace-1650380617-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fbl-eng-facup-chelsea-crystal-palace-1650380617-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fbl-eng-facup-chelsea-crystal-palace-1650380617-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fbl-eng-facup-chelsea-crystal-palace-1650380617-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1706268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea\u2019s Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta reacts as he warms up prior to the English FA Cup semi-final football match between Chelsea and Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium in north west London on April 17, 2022. \u2013 \u2013 NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING USE \/ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by Ben Stansall \/ AFP) \/ NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING USE \/ RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by BEN STANSALL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/en\/news\/barca\/cesar-azpilicueta-will-soon-be-a-barcelona-player-14120352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sport<\/a> report that Azpilicueta\u2019s arrival at Camp Nou is just a matter of days.<\/p>\n<p>Bar\u00e7a are hoping to sign him for between \u20ac4-5 million.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Blues want to sign another defender, after Kound\u00e9, before selling the 33-year-old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona look set to miss out on the signing of Jules Kound\u00e9. The French defender is now closing in on a move to Chelsea. C\u00e9sar Azpilicueta is expected to be Bar\u00e7a\u2019s only defensive signing for now. Bar\u00e7a resigned to losing Kound\u00e9 El Bar\u00e7a empieza a asumir que no fichar\u00e1 a Kound\u00e9. Incluso en el [&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-24168","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\/24168","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=24168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}