Chelsea are now extremely confident they can sign Jules Kounde from Sevilla, football.london understands. The 23-year-old is also being pursued by Barcelona but the Catalan club are understood to be unable to match the Blues' £55million bid that went in earlier this week.
A £55m fee was verbally agreed between Chelsea and Sevilla earlier in the week for Kounde, with personal terms settled on a few months ago. However, Barca are determined to hijack the deal but they may now be forced to give up as they are unable to match Chelsea's bid, a source has told football.london.
Chelsea will now be looking to get the Kounde deal tied up as soon as possible before anything changes. The France international is open to moving to Stamford Bridge around 12 months on from the move breaking down due to Sevilla's asking price last summer.
