Chelsea set to hijack Tottenham Hotspur bid for Sevilla defender

Chelsea are supposedly anticipating to steal a march on London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the race for Sevilla defender Jules Kounde.

The young defender enjoyed another impressive campaign under the tutelage of Julen Lopetegui last term and was remunerated with a spot in France’s Euro 2020 squad.

Tottenham Hotspur are thought to have an unmistakable fascination for Kounde, however the France international is apparently hesitant to join a club not contending in next season’s Champions League.

Accordingly, AS claims that Chelsea are getting ready to dip in, and the Blues have made an ‘significant methodology’ as they look to dominate the race for his services.

Sevilla would allegedly be available to offloading Kounde in order to negiate the financial effect of the Covid pandemic, however the Spanish giants could in any case request a fee of £59.8m to authorize a deal.

Manchester United and Real Madrid are also thought to monitor Kounde, albeit the Red Devils have evidently cooled their interest as they focus on a move for Raphael Varane.

Kounde has effectively won one Europa League crown with Sevilla and played the full 90min in France’s 2-2 draw with Portugal during the Euro 2020 group stage.