Barcelona Presents Kounde To The Press
Barcelona at the early hours of today presented new signing Kounde. During the press Kounde explained the major pull that brought him to sign for Barcelona.
He said in his press conference. I spoke with Xavi, the conversations were fluid”. From the start I felt the kindness of the coach, I felt that he wanted me to come. That was one of the keys, because it’s one of the most important steps in my career.
“He asked me to continue doing what I was doing at Sevilla: being aggressive, getting the ball out of our own half.” It’s true that there is competition, but it’s good for the team,” he said. “The coach will decide, I’m not worried about that. Here I will have to grow up, because I am still young, and help the team at all times. I will take the competition as a challenge.”
Barcelona Over Chelsea
Kounde also made mentioned of the offers he got particularly that of Chelsea. He said: I had the chance to go to Chelsea, but I chose Barcelona because they have an ambitious project.
“I waited for Barcelona’s agreement with Sevilla. ” However, I like playing in LaLiga and having played here for a while will make it easier for me, but you have to adapt to Barcelona’s style”.
“I am very happy and proud to come to this club, I am very grateful to the president, to the fans. “They have shown me a lot of affection. All I have to do is train hard and win, of course.
“I will also try to speak Catalan in a few months.” “He has asked me to do what I did at Sevilla, to bring the ball forward, to be aggressive.”
Laporta Speaks on Kounde And Registration
Barcelona President Laporta Also spoke during the presentation. He said: It’s an important day for the club, we brought in a player of great quality.”
“Kounde has always shown his desire to play for Barcelona and resisted everything else. He’s a great signing for the club.”There’s optimism and confidence to register all signings. The club has carried out some operations that will allow us to comply with the regulations and will not hinder us.”