DECRYPTION – 21st tricolor player to put on the blaugrana tunic, the young (23 years old) international will try to reverse an unflattering trend.
Jules Koundé, the exception that proves the rule? “Proud, grateful and happy to join such a great club“, the young (23 years old) international defender tricolor left Sevilla FC for Barça. It’s done. A transfer estimated at 55 M €. The former Girondins de Bordeaux player will thus become the 21st Frenchman to wear the Blaugrana tunic. France, third provider of foreign players tied with Argentina, behind Brazil (31) and the Netherlands (23). “I can’t wait to start the matches and meet my teammates. Signing at Barça is a milestone. I’m here to win trophies“, he swears. Win trophies in Barcelona, other French players have already done it before him. Except that his predecessors at Camp Nou did not all shine… Far from it.
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After the short experiences of Maurice Bigué (1903-04) and René Fenouillère (1913-14) at the beginning of the last century, and the three seasons of former Madrilenian Lucien Muller (1965-68), it was necessary…
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