Watch: Fabrizio Romano says Jules Kounde is ‘ready to join Barcelona’

The 2022 summer transfer window seems set to do down as the Barcelona versus Chelsea window. And Italian transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano has brought us an important update on the latest episode involving Jules Kounde. 

The entire saga started with Chelsea losing Andreas Christensen on a free to Barca when his Blues contract expired in July.

The two clubs then went into battle over Leeds’ brilliant Brazilian winger Raphinha. Chelsea had an offer accepted by Leeds, but the player’s heart was set on a move to the Catalan outfit and he eventually got his way.

After much toing and froing, Leeds accepted Barcelona’s bid of €58million plus €9million in add-ons. And while it’s very, very early days still, Raphinha’s wondergoal in a pre-season Clasico in the USA suggests he could be well worth that fee.

While Raphinha has already settled in his new workplace, the transfer struggle between Chelsea and Barcelona has continued, with the latest tug of war over Sevilla centre-back Jules Kounde.

Both clubs are reportedly very interested in Kounde and, as Romano reported on July 19, the situation is developing in a similar way to Raphinha, with Chelsea submitting an official bid directly to Sevilla while Barcelona have focused on convincing the player to join them rather than move to London.

Romano has now brought us another update on how the two clubs are progressing in their negotiations, and it sounds hopeful for Barcelona.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Romano said that on Sunday afternoon European time, the Barcelona board spoke to Kounde’s representatives and “the indication they received from Jules Kounde’s camp is that the player would be prepared to accept personal terms proposal received from Barcelona.”

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