Newcastle's soon-to-be £67million January transfer ventures could have a knock on effect on Chelsea and Marina Granovskaia, who still have their eyes on Jules Kounde ahead of a potential summer swoop.
Kounde, 23, could have been a Chelsea player by now if things would have turned out in a better sense for the Frenchman in the 2021 summer transfer window.
football.london understands that Granovskaia had agreed a £42m deal ahead of deadline day to bring in the long-term target to start the defensive reshuffle but Monchi moving the goalposts in the dying embers ruined any negotiations at the time.
