Jules Koundé started against Rayo despite not having played a single minute with Sevilla during a preseason To which he arrived somewhat late, after his participation with France in the Eurocup. A small injury and the interest of Chelsea were to blame for this curious stand by for the central Parisian, despite which Lopetegui decided to include him in the starting lineup of LaLiga. There were those who claimed to have detected reluctance in Jules's game, but The truth is that it helped Sevilla keep their door to zero and add their first three points of the season.
As published by As a few weeks ago, and despite the fact that from many lies his transfer was taken for granted, In Sevilla it is not clear to this day that the player is going to come out in this summer market because Chelsea has not even come close to the economic claims for Koundé, between 65 and 70 million euros.
For days, the entity that governs Abramovich has not resumed the negotiations, but in Nervión they suspect that there will be one last attempt before the end of the month. The transfer of forward Tammy Abraham to Roma will report to the coffers blue 40 million euros and the sale of defender Kurt Zouma for an amount of between 25 and 30 million euros is still being agreed with West Ham. Enough money to undertake the hiring of the Sevilla footballer.
In these last 15 days of the market, from August 16 to 31, Koundé's termination clause also increases by 10 million euros, from 80 to 90 million, which covers Monchi's back a little more. Actually serves only as life jacket because the Nervionense club will only change its price … if Chelsea swings too late and decides to sign Jules when there is no time to bring a replacement.
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Substitute or substitutes, in this case. Sevilla are planning to sign a center-back at least in place of Sergi Gómez, who has signed for Espanyol this summer, so you will need to further strengthen the area if you lose your most important footballer or at least, more valued as is Jules Koundé. For Diego Carlos there was also interest from a team, such as Roma itself, but the Brazilian has approved his renewal for two months.
And meanwhile, the market continues at a dizzying pace in Nervión. Rony Lopes went to Olympiacos on loan and the Swede Augustisson is already training with Lopetegui, something that Montiel will do this week when he completes his quarantine. During the next few hours, the arrival in Seville of the Danish pivot Thomas Delaney is expected.