Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Doubts swirl about the future of French defender Jules Conde, the Spanish player of Seville, although there is an implicit agreement between the player and his Andalusian club to sell him during the current “summer Mercato”, but there is no agreement yet on the destination he is referring to, and whether you are inside or outside Spain, Or the date of this departure, nor the “final” financial return that Seville would accept in exchange for dispensing with the services of the French international.
Spanish press sources said that these matters are still being discussed within the Andalusian club.
Conde’s name was recently rumored in Manchester City, on the basis that he would replace defender Natan Aki, who was offered for sale, but the defender finally settled in “City”, and therefore there is no justification for continuing efforts to include him, as Pep Guardiola no longer needs to his replacement.
For its part, the English press sources stated that Chelsea returned to knocking on the door of Seville, in order to obtain Conde’s services, in light of the severe deficit in the “Blues” defense line, after the departure of German Antonio Rudiger to Real Madrid, the departure of the Dane Andreas Christensen to Barcelona, and the possibility of The departure of Spanish defenders Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso to “Barca” as well, but he has not made an official offer yet.
As for Barcelona, which successfully completed the deal of the Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich striker, it seems that he decided to focus on winning the French defender, and the “Catalian” offered an amount of 45 million euros, in addition to the player “Memphis Depay”, who Barca seeks to get rid of, even if the striker is The Dutchman is not enthusiastic about the idea of playing for the Andalusian club, and prefers to stay at the Camp Nou.
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”.
Monchi, the sporting director of Seville, confirmed that his club had not entered into any direct contacts with the “Catalian” club, but at the same time said that the Andalusian club would not accept Conde’s entry in a reciprocal deal with any other player, and that he wanted the full price of the deal “in cash”.
Thus, “ambiguity” remains the master of the situation for French defender Jules Conde, born on November 12, 1998 in Paris (23 years old), who started his professional career in Bordeaux (2016-2019), then moved to Seville in 2019, and played for the French youth teams under 20 and 21 years, and was escalated. For the first team in 2021.