Ignore the pre-season noise regarding certain transfers being a flop or hits based on a limited sample size of minutes and performances in matches which are embedded in the middle of super intense fitness sessions, and your insight going into the new season will be much clearer.

[Premier league panel]

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"There are hours left for Sevilla to make Kounde's transfer to Chelsea official. Everything else is smoke from Barcelona" (Cristóbal Soria live right now)

Cristobal Soria: "It is absolutely false that the player [Koundé] has asked Sevilla to wait for Barcelona's offer to arrive"

Infosevillismo

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People inside Barcelona have said Joan Laporta was just being ironic regarding his comments on Jules Kounde and Chelsea.

[Gerard Romero via Reshad Rahman]

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