Koundé will seek to overcome the 'curse' of the French defenders at Barça

In the FC Barcelona seems to have a species of 'curse' when they join the French terms and defence. From it does already a time, comes evidenciando a 'pattern' regarding the native players of the nation gala: they Arrive as 'cracks', surrender in his first campaign, afterwards arrives a 'bajón' and finish being impossible that restart the level of quality showed previously. It is a cycle that already has repeated more than the account.

If it reviews the history does not be necessary to go so far, are the cases of Samuel Umtiti, recently desvinculado of the club or Clément Lenglet, to the that looks for him gone out at all costs during this summer. As well as this there is, at least, nine players that have presented these same characteristic and have had the same end. Thus, it is not a madness ask if it will happen him the same to Jules Koundé. It does not know , but it is a 'latent fear' in the City Condal in front of the negative precedents in the last years.

The Parisian was one of the pillars of the Barça less goleado of the last years, although no saw him in his usual position the majority of the time. His performance with the elastic culé has been remarkable, contested 40 parties and left a register of a goal and six assistances. Now, the ex of the Seville will face his second season in the club, with the mission of 'derrumbar' that 'curse gala' that accompanies to the blaugrana.

'French failures' in the FCBarcelona

Having consciousness of the already referred 'disappointments' of 'Big Sam' and Lenglet that, further of the sportive, also represented a 'karma' to economic level by his 'contratazos', there are other players that also had, lamentably, the same bad luck. Jérémy Mathieu was another of the most sounded cases in this section. The picture blaugrana paid 20 million euros by his traspaso and with 30 years had a first good season, but already from the second year his performance was in free fall, leaving in the third campaign to the Sporting of Portugal without penalty neither glory.

It costs to mention also to Lilian Thuram, and player rimbombante that came to win the Glass of the World with France and that arrived to price of 'bargain', grieve five million euros. This poster did not confirm it in any moment, since hardly it played 58 meetings in two seasons and finished withdrawing. In the Barça remembers him with a lot of affection, but could not mark the difference as they had wanted.

Other names that did not triumph in the Barça

Another player with a step more 'irrelevant' by the entity blaugrana was Jean Clair Todibo, player that only appeared in six official parties in the two campaigns that was in the discipline blaugrana and that it had to go yielded to the Nice of Tie it 1. In addition to him, it is Philippe Christanval, affected by the injuries and the sporadic steps of values like Laurent Blanc or Fréderic Dehu. In the Barcelona very probably expects that Jules Koundé can 'beat' this 'curse' and add to his coterráneos Éric Abidal, 'Titi' Henry, Ludovic Giuly and Ousmane Dembélé, as one of the French that had steps really fruitful with the Barcelona T-shirt.