The storm has passed for Chelsea. The British government has agreed to Todd Boehly becoming the new owner of the Blues in exchange for £4.25 billion. This will end the government’s ban on transfers and free up funding to sign new players.
The truth is that while Chelsea were forbidden to fix contracts or sign players, the other clubs got down to work. This cast doubt on the permanence of several players at the club, such as N’Golo Kante, Jorginho, Romelu Lukaku, Christian Pulisic, Marcos Alonso, Cesar Azpilicueta, and several others.
While Antonio Rudigerand Andreas Christensen made the decision not to wait for the government ban to expire and chose not to renew their contracts with Chelsea and become free agents as of July 1. To seek to replace the players who will leave and be able to sign top players to compete at the elite level again, it is believed that Boehly will provide a £200 million budget to Thomas Tuchel. And it seems that the German coach already knows on whom he will spend the first millions.
Chelsea intend to sign Jules Kounde
As expected, Chelsea were forced to find a replacement for the departures of Rudiger and Christensen. The German will join Real Madrid, while the Dane would have everything settled with Barcelona. Tuchel’s player of choice to replace the Central Backs is Jules Kounde.
The Frenchman currently plays for Sevilla with a contract until 2024, and according to Transfermarkt, his market value is 60,000,000 euros. The 23-year-old was a key player this season for Julen Lopetegui, playing 41 of a possible 44 games.
Jules Kounde of Sevilla / Julian Finney/Getty Images
Chelsea are determined to sign Kounde, and according to journalist Matteo Moretto, the Blues offered €60,000,000 for the player, although Sevilla are believed to be seeking €80,000,000. Based on the coach’s track record, beyond the 2018 signing of Kylian Mbappe from Monacoto PSGfor €180,000,000, the German never spent such a huge amount of money on signing one player. If Kounde’s move to Chelsea is completed, it would be the second most expensive signing Tuchel has made in his entire coaching career.
The 23-year-old defender was close to signing for Chelsea in July 2021. The Blues had offered 50,000,000 euros for the player, but the truth is that the offer from the English team was very close to the deadline of the transfer market and did not meet Sevilla’s expectations.
