Chelsea director of football Marina Granovskaia has been told that a bid of £65million will be enough to persuade Sevilla to agree to the transfer of centre-back Jules Kounde this summer.
It would give the highly-rated club official the chance to give Thomas Tuchel a parting gift with her departure set for the end of the summer window. The reign of Todd Boehly's consortium has begun and he confirmed his new board of directors in a statement on Wednesday, although Granovskaia's permanent replacement is yet to be decided.
Kounde has been a target of Chelsea's for over a year now with the Blues coming close to agreeing a transfer in the summer of 2021, only for Sevilla to change their demands late in the day. But journalist Gianluca Di Marzio has revealed that a bid of £65 million would be accepted despite it being below their asking price.
