{"id":3062,"date":"2021-12-18T08:04:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T13:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/18\/chelsea-eye-two-alternatives-to-jules-kounde\/"},"modified":"2021-12-18T08:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T13:04:24","slug":"chelsea-eye-two-alternatives-to-jules-kounde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/18\/chelsea-eye-two-alternatives-to-jules-kounde\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea eye two alternatives to Jules Kounde"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A recent report suggests that Chelsea have lined up some potential alternatives for Sevilla defender, Jules Kounde.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea linked with Kounde<\/h2>\n<p>For those who do not know, Chelsea have been linked with a move for Sevilla stopper Jules Kounde for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>The links to the Frenchman emerged back in July, which is also when personal terms are understood to have been agreed between the parties:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXCL. Jules Kound\u00e9 deal update: Chelsea are in advanced talks with Sevilla and Kurt Zouma could be included in the negotiation. Possible swap deal to go through in the next hours\/days with Zouma + money for Kound\u00e9 to Chelsea. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Personal terms agreed for Kound\u00e9 until 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1420062220843618311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nHowever, no deal was ultimately forthcoming during the summer, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11668\/12392610\/jules-kounde-chelsea-pursuit-of-sevilla-defender-hanging-in-the-balance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a>\u00a0late in August hinting that Sevilla demanded more cash than Chelsea were willing to pay.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea eye Jules Kounde alternatives<\/h2>\n<p>Ahead of the winter window, though, Chelsea\u2019s links to Kounde have once again re-emerged.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/soccer-transfers\/story\/4549278\/kounde-to-chelsea-hots-up-man-uniteds-martial-in-limbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a> recently, Chelsea are still pursuing the Frenchman, with a move in January said to be not off the table.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, the report adds that Sevilla are willing to drop their \u20ac80m valuation of Kounde which, as reported above, seemed to be the main stumbling block during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Should Chelsea not land Jules Kounde, though, it appears as though the west Londoners have lined up a couple of alternatives to the stopper.<\/p>\n<p>The same piece from ESPN claims:<\/p>\n<p><em>Tuchel and Chelsea\u2019s recruitment team have their eye on other options in case they cannot land Kounde, sources said. Sven Botman, the Netherlands internatiomal at Lille, as well as Wolfsburg\u2019s Maxence Lacroix are also targets<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/leeds-united-vs-arsenal-betting-tips-preview-predictions-odds\/\">Leeds United vs Arsenal betting tips: Preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/aston-villa-vs-burnley-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\">Aston Villa vs Burnley betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report suggests that Chelsea have lined up some potential alternatives for Sevilla defender, Jules Kounde. Chelsea linked with Kounde For those who do not know, Chelsea have been linked with a move for Sevilla stopper Jules Kounde for some time now. The links to the Frenchman emerged back in July, which is also [&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-3062","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\/3062","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=3062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}