Koundé and Tchouaméni, destinies irremediably linked

« Now it’s war between us« . This is the message of Madrid’s Aurélien Tchouaméni after the signing of Jules Koundé at FC Barcelona. Logical when you know the rivalry between the two giants of Spanish football. Even a friendly match between the two clubs can turn into a fistfight, as we saw only a few days ago in the United States… Except that here, of course, it’s humor. The ex-Monegasque has above all taken care to address his « congratulations (to his) brother» after this transfer estimated at 55 M€ bonus included. Transfer which comes just a few weeks after that of Tchouaméni to Real (100 M€ bonus included) and confirms what we already knew: their destiny is irremediably linked.

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And it started very early, at the Girondins de Bordeaux training center, from which the two players came. « Every time I arrived in a group, except in Monaco, I was lucky that Jules was there, a bit like my pilot fish“, had fun recently Tchouaméni, in…