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Chelsea make improved offer of £55MILLION for Sevilla defender Jules Kounde as they look to see off competition from Barcelona... with the France star having already agreed personal terms with the Blues

Chelsea are confident of signing Sevilla defender Jules Kounde after making an improved £55million offer on Wednesday.

Sevilla want to accept Chelsea's bid over that of Barcelona as it offers straight cash while Barca were proposing players such as Memphis Depay.

Kounde said farewell to fans as he left the club's training ground on Wednesday and hopes a deal is agreed today with personal terms already in place.

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Sevilla defender Jules Kounde is attracting interest from Chelsea and Barcelona