Before Manchester City signed Ruben Dias from Benfica, they were interested in Jules Kounde and made contact with Sevilla over a potential deal. The Sky Blues’ pursuit of the centre-back failed, however, and Kounde’s agent Jonathan Kebe revealed why.
The 21-year-old’s representative told ABC (h/t Sport Witness). “It is a compliment that a club as important as Manchester City is interested in you. Pressure Sevilla to go to Manchester City? No, no. We don’t even talk about it. There was an offer, the club studied it, said ‘no’, and that’s it.