{"id":4939,"date":"2022-01-06T15:08:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/06\/as-jules-kounde-nets-classy-sevilla-goal-update-provided-on-chelseas-pursuit\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:08:59","slug":"as-jules-kounde-nets-classy-sevilla-goal-update-provided-on-chelseas-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/06\/as-jules-kounde-nets-classy-sevilla-goal-update-provided-on-chelseas-pursuit\/","title":{"rendered":"As Jules Kounde nets classy Sevilla goal, update provided on Chelsea\u2019s pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A fresh insight into Chelsea\u2019s efforts to lure Sevilla star Jules Kounde to Stamford Bridge has been provided on Thursday.<\/p>\n<h2>Sevilla star eyed<\/h2>\n<p>The summer transfer window of course saw French stopper Kounde hotly tipped for a move to west London.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the embarrassment of riches at his disposal, Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is understood to have identified Kounde, long highly regarded across the continent, as the missing piece from his Blues backline.<\/p>\n<p>A lengthy saga, in turn, unfolded, as the respective boards at Chelsea and Sevilla went back and forth regarding the 22-year-old\u2019s valuation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1310980\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1310980\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1310980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1228549137.jpg\" alt=\"As Jules Kounde nets classy Sevilla goal, update provided on Chelsea\u2019s pursuit\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1228549137.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1228549137-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1228549137-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1228549137-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GettyImages-1228549137-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1310980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jules Kounde of Sevilla in action during the pre-season friendly match between Sevilla CF and UD Levante at Pinatar Arena on September 15, 2020 in Murcia, Spain. (Photo by Jose Breton\/Pics Action\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the end, however, those in a position of power at the latter stood firm.<\/p>\n<p>Monchi and co. are said to have demanded that Kounde\u2019s release clause \u2013 worth a sum in the region of \u20ac75 \u2013 80 million, be coughed up, or a sale would not be forthcoming.<\/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>And Chelsea, as a result, were left with little choice but to abandon their efforts to lure the Frenchman to the English capital.<\/p>\n<h2>Fresh summer swoop<\/h2>\n<p>The months since, however, have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesOlley\/status\/1435917306723454979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speculation<\/a> continue to swirl that the Blues could yet reignite their pursuit in the winter transfer window, of course now upon us.<\/p>\n<p>And, as alluded to above, on Thursday, a fresh insight into the situation has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>On the same night that Kounde opened the scoring (in some style) in Sevilla\u2019s La Liga meeting with Real Zaragoza, journalist Dean Jones has confirmed that Chelsea are indeed still working towards bringing the stopper to London.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s composure and quality like this that has Europe\u2019s elite chasing Jules Kound\u00e9 ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SE5faA80xW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/SE5faA80xW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootballJOE\/status\/1479160467817963525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is understood that negotiations remain ongoing between the two clubs, albeit with one caveat.<\/p>\n<p>Marina Granovskaia and co. are not working towards thrashing out a transfer for this month, but instead the summer, at which point it is likely Sevilla will have opened further to a potential sale:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cChelsea are definitely still talking to Sevilla for Jules Kounde. Not necessarily for January but to start sorting out an agreement for the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeanJonesSoccer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeanJonesSoccer<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiandDanTalkCFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SiandDanTalkCFC<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>Full Transfer Special Episode here ?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ol4i5GLakg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ol4i5GLakg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hqBCNaoFhY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/hqBCNaoFhY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Phillips (@siphillipssport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/siphillipssport\/status\/1479135673751801857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/fresh-insight-into-the-chances-of-chelsea-signing-saul-outright-following-starring-spurs-display\/\">Fresh insight into the chances of Chelsea signing Saul outright following starring Spurs display<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/chelsea-vs-chesterfield-betting-tips-fa-cup-preview\/\">Chelsea vs Chesterfield betting tips: FA Cup preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 A fresh insight into Chelsea\u2019s efforts to lure Sevilla star Jules Kounde to Stamford Bridge has been provided on Thursday. Sevilla star eyed The summer transfer window of course saw French stopper Kounde hotly tipped for a move to west London. Despite the embarrassment of riches at his disposal, Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is [&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-4939","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\/4939","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=4939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}