Manchester City have been made aware that they will have to pay upwards of £65million if they are to entice Jules Kounde from Sevilla to replace Nathan Ake, Vital Football have reported.
Chelsea are targeting the City centre-back as Thomas Tuchel looks to rebuild his defence after a number of summer departures. Ake is understood to be keen to return to his former club and has even agreed personal terms, but City are holding out for an offer they deem to be suitable.
City signed Ake from Bournemouth just two years ago, but in his two seasons at the Etihad the Dutch defender has failed to establish himself as a regular starter with Guardiola preferring to play Ruben Dias, John Stones and Aymeric Laporte. The fact that Ake has another three years left on his current contract means City will be keen to recoup — if not turn a profit on — the £41m they paid for him in 2020.
