Sevilla respond to claims Barcelona have hijacked Chelsea's deal for Jules Kounde

The Catalan club are refusing to give up on the Frenchman (Picture show: Getty)

Sevilla have moved to play downwards suggestions that Barcelona have hijacked Chelsea's deal for Jules Kounde at the eleventh hour and insist they take non received an offer, according to reports.

On Friday evening, Kounde's £55million motion to Stamford Span appeared to be a formality just on Saturday morning rumours in Spain suggested in that location had been some dramatic developments.

It was claimed that Barca had spent the dark in intense negotiations with Sevilla, with managing director of football Mateu Alemany managing to strike an agreement in principle.

Although Kounde would welcome a move to Stamford Bridge, his preference is to join Barcelona and he was farther convinced after a phone call with international team-mate Ousmane Dembele.

Merely now Mundo Deportivo are reporting that the claims have been overblown, with Sevilla insisting that in that location has been 'null contact' with their Barca counterparts.

The merely club they accept agreed a fee with so far is Chelsea, though they are still waiting for the westward Londoners to submit the paperwork to finalise the transfer.

Kounde is, nevertheless, open up to delaying his last decision just a little scrap longer to run across if Barcelona can stump up the transfer fee required – though that does not suit Sevilla.

Kounde's hereafter still appears to be up in the air (Moving picture: Getty)

The Spanish club take grown tired of the transfer saga and want to greenbacks in on Kounde every bit before long equally possible so they tin can use the funds to begin reinvesting in their ain squad.

El Chiringuito, meanwhile, have gone even farther and say Sevilla accept branded the reports most Barca agreeing a fee with Kounde as totally false and feel they are a last-ditch ploy to try and hijack the deal.

The hierarchies of both Chelsea and Barcelona are currently in the United States for pre-season tours, and so more data about the status of the deal is expected afterwards Saturday.

Chelsea had been extremely confident of securing a deal for Kounde subsequently ramping upwardly talks at the end of last week and Tuchel appeared to be in a buoyant mood when he spoke to the media on Friday.

Asked about Kounde, he replied with a big smiling on his face: 'No news. If there will ever be news about Jules Kounde I will tell you lot.'

When it was suggested Kounde had snubbed Barca, Tuchel again had a wide grinning and replied: 'That's what you say, but I will not outset commenting on other players.'

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