Chelsea are ‘best-positioned’ side to land Sevilla defender Jules Kounde

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By Josh Barker

Published: May 4, 2021 9:27 pm

Last Updated: May 4, 2021 10:57 pm

Reports stemming from Spain suggest that Chelsea are in a good position when it comes to the potential signing of Jules Kounde.

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Kounde a mand in demand

Jules Kounde has been honing his craft with Sevilla for nearly two years now.

The 22-year-old joined the Spanish outfit in the summer of 2019 from Ligue 1 side, Bordeaux.

Sevilla are understood to have paid around £22.5m to bring the stopper to the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium.

He went on to feature 40 times last season, playing a key role in the club’s Europa League triumph.

Kounde has since racked up a further 45 appearances across all competitions to this point in the current campaign.

And, amid a host of consistently impressive displays, the stopper has inevitably been linked with some top sides of late.

Manchester City were tipped to move for the youngster during the delayed summer window.

More recent months, meanwhile, saw another of the Premier League’s giants credited with an interest in Kounde.

It was claimed at the back end of January that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had made the Frenchman his first-choice summer target at Manchester United.

Chelsea interested in Kounde

And recent weeks have seen yet another Premier League powerhouse – Chelsea – credited with an interest in the youngster.

Now, as mentioned above, a fresh update on the Blues’ links to the Frenchman have emerged.

According to Sport Witness, citing Spanish outlet La Razon, both Chelsea and Real Madrid would like to sign Kounde in the summer window, with the latter considering an offer if Sergio Ramos or Raphael Varane depart.

But it is added that Chelsea have no such conditions when it comes to a swoop for the Sevilla star, with the Londoners the best-positioned team to secure a deal.

In terms of a potential fee for Kounde, an offer of around €70m may be enough to convince Sevilla to sell.

Jules Koundé | Chelsea ‘best positioned’ for summer signing – Club facilitating player’s departure ‘not ruled out’https://t.co/wVOWlQV5oX #cfc

— Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) May 4, 2021

Given the fact that he is a right-footed defender, Kounde could potentially act as a long-term replacement for Cezar Azpilicueta, who has often operated on the right of a back-three.

Fikayo Tomori could of course also make his move to AC Milan permanent, whilst Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen only have just over a year remaining on their respective contracts at Stamford Bridge.

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Conor Laird.

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#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	34	47	80
2	Manchester United FC	33	29	67
3	Leicester City FC	34	22	63
4	Chelsea FC	34	22	61
5	West Ham United FC	34	11	58
6	Tottenham Hotspur FC	34	22	56
7	Liverpool FC	33	16	54
8	Everton FC	33	3	52
9	Arsenal FC	34	9	49
10	Aston Villa FC	33	10	48
11	Leeds United	34	-2	47
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	34	-13	42
13	Crystal Palace FC	33	-22	38
14	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	34	-4	37
15	Southampton FC	33	-18	37
16	Burnley FC	34	-16	36
17	Newcastle United FC	34	-20	36
18	Fulham FC	34	-20	27
19	West Bromwich Albion	34	-34	26
20	Sheffield United FC	34	-42	17

Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	21
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	20
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	16
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	16
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	15
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	14
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	13
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	12
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	11
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	10
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	10
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	10
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick	Arsenal FC	10
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	10
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	10
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	9
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	9
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United FC	9

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC		10
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion		9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC		8
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC		8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC		8
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC		8
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC		8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	6
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC		7
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC		7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC		7
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC		7
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC		7
Evans, Jonny	Leicester City FC		7
Alioski, Ezgjan	Leeds United		7
Kante, N`Golo	Chelsea FC		7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	11
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	8
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	7
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	7
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	7
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	7
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	6
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	6
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	6
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	6
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	6
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	6
Raphinha	Leeds United	6
Neto, Pedro	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	6
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	6
Silva, Bernardo	Manchester City FC	6