Sevilla have told Chelsea that they will not accept any less than £55 million for centre-back Jules Kounde this summer as the Blues look to bolster their squad ahead of the 2022-23 campaign.
Thomas Tuchel is set for a busy summer with a number of high profile departures on the cards at Stamford Bridge. The German has already confirmed that both Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen will be leaving on free transfers this summer but the futures of Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso also remain uncertain.
Kounde has long been linked with a move to Chelsea with a transfer seemingly likely in the summer of 2021, only for Sevilla to up their asking price late in the day. The Blues would not be held to ransom, however, and the deal was left on the backburner.
