FC Barcelona are experiencing a ‘bipolarity’ with Jules Koundé. On the one hand, the player has become one of the best full-backs in the world and the club wants to renew his contract. On the other hand, the Frenchman has already been punished on several occasions by coach Hansi Flick for not complying with the rules that the coach sets and to which he is very demanding.
Deco aims to renew Jules Koundé until 2030 before the end of the current season. The versatile French defender is an undisputed starter on the right wing, and Hansi Flick wants to continue counting on the footballer. The player is very settled in Sitges and is not keen to leave despite the interest aroused.
A renewal that does not seem to depend on the ‘conflicts’ that the player has had and is having with coach Hansi Flick. FC Barcelona regained the lead on Monday, but not without effort. They struggled to beat a solid Rayo Vallecano and did so with a solitary goal from top scorer Lewandowski from the penalty spot. Something he did with Jules Koundé, the undisputed starter, on the bench. His place was taken by Fort.
After the game, in the ‘flash interview’ with ‘Movistar’, Hansi Flick himself confirmed that his substitution was “an internal decision”. “It’s part of football, these things happen. I think it’s match day and for me before the game we all know what we have to do. Maybe there are two or three meetings with the players and it’s very important that they are at the meetings. It’s not that difficult to show up and comply. It’s about respect. I have to talk to him. He was late, but it’s a rule that must be made clear. That’s what happened today.” Thus, without double meanings, clear and concise, the Barça coach showed himself to be adamant about the rules and severe in their application, as he has already demonstrated several times throughout the season.
Isaac Tutumlu sues Barça
Barça does not want to pay the three million euros claimed by the intermediary who made it possible for Jules Koundé to end up in the Barça team in the summer of 2022 at a rate of 50 million euros plus another 10 variables. So now Isaac Tutumlu has decided to sue the culés. The club denies that it had authorization to negotiate on his behalf and refuses to pay him his 6% commission.
“I handled all the negotiations for Koundé’s signing from day one until the day before the last. Now, Barça doesn’t want to pay me,” Isaac Tutumlu begins. ”In three days the signing is due to be completed and Monchi tells Pere Lluís Mellado, the head of Barça’s legal department, that without me this transfer would not have happened, because Sevilla would have lost money selling the player to Barça instead of to Chelsea. The difference is that the president of Sevilla, Pepe Castro, wanted the 50 million in one go. Barça gave the 50 million euros and Chelsea, who paid more, paid in installments,” Tutumlu concludes.
Chelsea has not forgotten about Koundé
Chelsea wants to finalize the signing of Jules Koundé, for whom they already made an offer to Barça several seasons ago. The Blues are preparing 100 million euros to sign him in the summer, but Barça will not listen to offers, according to Sport. The reasons are that “it is already under the 1:1 rule and is not required to part with one of its best players in order to sign”. The player has a market value of 60 million euros, according to the specialized website Transfermarkt.