Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Barcelona is preparing two new offers for the Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, the German player Borussia Dortmund, and the French defender Jules Conde, the Spanish player of Seville. The heart of the Chelsea defense, and the Brazilian winger Rafinha, the Leeds United striker, as well as her success in extending the contract of the French winger Osman Dembele until the “summer of 2024”, she hopes to crown her efforts with success in the “Liva” and Conde files, which she considers “a valuable fish” capable of making the difference. With the team, at the level of winning championships and titles.
Mundo Deportivo newspaper reported that Conde is currently in Spain, where he is being rehabilitated from a recent injury, but Barcelona is not in a hurry to move towards him, until he resolves the position of the Polish top scorer.
The newspaper added that in light of the desire of more than one club to obtain Conde’s services, Seville is insisting on obtaining 65 million euros, including other variables, to agree to the departure of the French international, whose contract expires in the “summer of 2024”.
For his part, Monchi, the sporting director of Sevilla, confirmed that his club did not have any direct contacts with the “Catalian” club, but at the same time, he said that the Andalusian club would not accept Conde’s entry into a reciprocal deal with any other player, and that he wanted the price of the deal in full “in cash.” ».
The Barca administration had intended to include Dutch striker Memphis Depay and American full-back Sergio Dest, or one of them, in a reciprocal deal with Conde.
The French Conde is considered an important trump card in Seville, as he is also in the “roosters” team, as coach Didier Deschamps relied on him a lot during the recent period.
Chelsea is still showing great interest in the inclusion of Conde, just as Bayern Munich was also interested in obtaining his services, but he moved away after getting very close to obtaining the services of Dutch defender Matthias de Ligt, the Italian Juventus defender, especially after the player agreed to reduce his salary from In order to join the “Bavarian”.
And Spanish press sources stated that if Barcelona succeeded in completing the Lewandowski and Conde deals, he would have made a fundamental modification in all the team’s lines in defense, middle and attack, which is the stated goal by club president Juan Laporta and coach Xavi Hernandez, in order to compete for all possible tournaments in new season.
However, the same sources indicated that Lewandowski’s position is still ambiguous, especially after he began training with his current club prior to the start of the new season.
And it was reported that Paris Saint-Germain was ready to bid on Lewandowski, if there was a real desire for Bayern to sell him.
It is noteworthy that French Jules Conde, born on November 12, 1998 (23 years old), started his professional career in Bordeaux in 2016, and continued there until 2019, then moved to Seville in the same year. .