{"id":69542,"date":"2022-08-02T10:16:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T09:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/transfer-jules-kounde-was-desperate-to-join-us-barcelona"},"modified":"2022-08-02T11:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T10:25:57","slug":"transfer-jules-kounde-was-desperate-to-join-us-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/transfer-jules-kounde-was-desperate-to-join-us-barcelona","title":{"rendered":"Transfer: Jules Kounde was desperate to join us \u2013 Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Barcelona have revealed that Jules Kounde was desperate to move to Nou Camp.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s director of football, Mateu Alemany said that the French star almost forced the Catalan side to sign him.<\/p>\n<p>Kounde secured a move to Nou Camp this summer despite Sevila agreeing a deal with Chelsea earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Alemany told reporters, \u201cAlmost every day they [Kounde\u2019s team] called me for an update because Kounde wanted to join Bar\u00e7a and he was waiting for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, I had to tell Jonathan [Kebe, the player\u2019s agent] not to call anymore because I didn\u2019t know what to tell him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we sold the second portion of future TV rights, Kounde had almost closed his deal with another club, but he wanted to come to Bar\u00e7a.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea were disappointed after the highly sought after defender snubbed the west London side and waited for the Catalan side instead. The France international completed his dream move to Barcelona last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Barcelona have revealed that Jules Kounde was desperate to move to Nou Camp. Barcelona\u2019s director of football, Mateu Alemany said that the French star almost forced the Catalan side to sign him. Kounde secured a move to Nou Camp this summer despite Sevila agreeing a deal with Chelsea earlier. 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