The two Tottenham players who could keep Koundé away from Barça

Published:16/07/2022 - 14:12h

Updated:16/07/2022 - 14:12h

Antonio Conte wants to continue reinforcing his defense with the incorporation of Jules Koundé, something that does not sit well within FC Barcelona. The azulgrana want to close their transfer, although they will have to wait for the activation of the second economic 'lever'

The FC Barcelona continues working to reinforce all his lines of face to the future. Xavi Hernández already has done his descartes and has communicated his aims for this pre-season, being Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski two of the aims concretised by the club. The defensive sector also will receive attention and the names of César Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso keep active in the cúpula Barcelona.

However, the player that more likes to the trainer for apuntalar the saga is Jules Koundé. The French still is in United States recovering of his operation and has not joined to the concentration of the Seville in South Korea. This has done that they arise doubts on his continuity in the group hispalense, since the interest of the Barça is authentic and the own footballer would see with good eyes land in the Spotify Camp Nou.

In spite of this, the newspaper 'The Mirror' ensures that the Tottenham would have in his staff to two players that call the attention of Julen Lopetegui and that they could go in in an operation for traspasar to the central. These would be Sergio Reguilón and Giovani Celso, those who do not go in in the plans of Antonio Conte and not even have travelled with the first team to Seoul, where casually will confront to the Seville in the friendly inaugural.

By moments Chelsea was near to purchase the services of the '23', but finished opting for signing to Kalidou Koulibaly, another of the options of the Barcelona in case that it failed the 'operation Koundé'. With this on the table, the sportive direction culé will have to put the foot in the accelerator if it does not want to see like his futurible 'top' for the defensive plot finishes dressing the elastic of the 'spurs'.

The 'ace under the sleeve'

The only letter in favour that would have the blaugrana would be the wish of the player. So much Raphinha like Lewandowski imposed his word in front of his clubs to play in LaLiga, something that the own Frenchman could exert to go in in the team of Xavi. For the moment, there is not an official proposal of Joan Laporta because it is expecting ingresar the 320 millions by the sale of 15% remaining of the television rights. To his time, the Seville is demanding 60 'kilos' as minimum, a figure that the culés would want to reduce.