Jules Koundé is fixed! At 26, the French international extends to FC Barcelona until 2030, as RMC announces this Friday.
Arrived in 2023 from Seville FC, where he won as one of the best central defenders in Liga for three years, the player trained in the Girondins de Bordeaux has become the essential right side of the Blaugranas, under the orders of Xavi then Hansi Flick.
The impressive level of play of Koundé made the happiness of Didier Deschamps, the coach of the French team, who made him his right defender at the expense of Benjamin Pavard, an unconvincing 2018 world champion who then asked to play in the axis with his national coach!
Guardiola wanted Koundé
RMC specifies that Koundé was in the viewfinder of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola having a hard time finding his defender on the right since the end of Kyle Walker (and the repeated injuries of John Stones).
Jules Koundé chained seasons at 40, 48 and 53 matches in all competitions with the residents of Camp Nou, with 7 goals in total. The tricolor defender welcomes two new teammates for the moment this summer: goalkeeper Joan Garcia, recruited at Espanyol for 25 million euros (!), As well as Marcus Rashford, loaned by Manchester United. The Spanish champion resumed the Liga on August 16 in Mallorca.
