Barcelona expected to pull out of Kounde deal due to Sevilla’s €60 million price tag

While Barcelona are already working on the departures of Samuel Umtiti and Clement Lenglet, a certain Jules Kounde has become a priority target for them to reinforce the centre-back spot.

However, according to a fresh report from Luis F. Rojo of MARCA, the operation is proving to be more complicated than Barcelona thought it would be. The reason being Sevilla’s asking price of €60 million that Barcelona are in no mood to pay.

While it’s true that Barcelona will activate the financial levers that would give them a rather free hand in the transfer market, all of it is going to take some time and until then, it’s next to impossible for them to spend that kind of money on one player.

In that regard, even if Barcelona get those desired €600 million into their accounts, not all of it would be sanctioned for new signings as a majority of it would be used to reduce the debt.

In any way, if Barcelona are to make an investment, their priority is to buy a centre-forward first, in this case, Robert Lewandowski, since they already have Andreas Christensen in their rank.

Sevilla’s outright demand of €60 million comes after the access demand their 23-year-old has generated over the past few weeks.

As reported earlier, Chelsea are thought to be the front-runner at the moment and Sevilla know the team from England has the financial muscle to go that high.

For Chelsea, the money is not really a big issue but for Barcelona, it sure is. And so, Barcelona are already fighting a losing battle as all they can do at the moment is to wait for the millions to arrive.

At this very moment, neither Chelsea nor Barcelona have a deal in place for Kounde, although the former do have a personal agreement in place with the defender. The only issue that keeps on popping up is Sevilla’s outrageous demand.