Conde reveals the secret of his move to Barcelona in place of Chelsea

Madrid: French international footballer Jules Conde revealed the reason for his preference for moving to Barcelona instead of Chelsea during the transfer window of quest’summer, saying, “I preferred to talk to Xavi.” Conde has chosen to move from Sevilla to Barcelona questsummer with a five-year contract, after he was on the verge of moving to Chelsea. Sevilla football director Monchi said at the time that Conde had resorted to moving to Barcelona after Chelsea had withdrawn his offer for “doubts”. But Conde confirmed, in an interview with the French sports newspaper L’Equipe, who made the decision after attracting Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez. He explained: “First of all I moved in a club huge, which has seen good times, which lately has fallen a bit … I have come to a project that I would not call (reconstruction), because we already have a team that can compete, but instead it is rotated. “He added:” I wanted to be part of this movement and this project, in search of titles, and bring Barcelona back to the place it has always occupied, among the best club”He remarked:” There was a conversation with the coach. We talked about football. I had real confidence in he, who knew me well, knew my way of playing and my qualities … I also spoke to Thomas Tuchel (former Chelsea manager) and I also felt that he wanted to join me, but I simply preferred to talk to Xavi. Chelsea started the season shaky and recently sacked Tuchel after 20 months at the helm of the German manager. Despite the financial problems that Barcelona have suffered in the last period, the team started the season with strength in course; He occupies the second place behind Real Madrid in the Spanish league by just two points after prime six matches of the competition. (Exhibition DBA / Statistics)