FC Barcelona confirm agreement to sign Sevilla defender Kounde

MADRID, July 28 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona have confirmed in principle an agreement to sign 23-year-old French defender Jules Kounde from Sevilla, fending off interest from Chelsea in signing the player.

The French international will cost around 50 million euros, plus 10 million in variables. He is Barca's fourth signing of the summer, following Raphinha, Franck Kessi, Andreas Christensen and Robert Lewandowski, a