Barcelona have seemingly switched their attentions away from Chelsea target Jules Kounde against Xavi's wishes as the club reckon a certain defender outside of La Liga would be a 'smarter' investment.
The Catalan giants have really got going now in this summer's transfer window. An economic lever of around £177m coupled by a second one which could be granted in the near future has provided the temporary funds for Xavi to commence his rebuild as the aim of catching up with Real Madrid remains in sight. As well as looking on track to extend Gavi's contract, Barca have registered free agents Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen to their ranks. On top of this, they could soon be in for more success internally and externally in the form of Ousmane Dembélé and Raphinha.
Both of whom at least one was expected to join the west Londoners this summer but it's looking increasingly likely that the aforementioned economic levers may have stifled all of Chelsea's transfer plans in this regard. They could even make it triple misery for Chelsea if they were to sign Kounde as well.
