Rumor has it that Wolves and Leicester City are in the running to capture center-back Odilon Kossounou of Bayer Leverkusen.
This summer, Kossounou has been strongly associated with Crystal Palace as a potential replacement for Marc Guehi, who is reportedly being pursued by Newcastle United.
Ironically, it has also been reported that Newcastle is interested in Kossounou.
Simon Rolfes, managing director of sport at Leverkusen, acknowledged on Thursday that Kossounou might depart the team before the transfer market closes.
“I’m not sure. He is a player we are preparing with generally,” the former
Regarding the 23-year-old, the Germany international stated, “But it’s possible that we still have one or two changes in our squad.”
Leicester and Wolves enter the Kossounou race
A report from Get Football News Germany (via Sky Germany) claims that Leicester and Wolves have joined the competition to sign Kossounou.
Since Palace has been able to hold onto Guehi thus far, it seems unlikely that they will have the €30 million needed to persuade Die Werkself to split ways with Kossounou. Given that they recently traded Joachim Andersen to Fulham, the Eagles will probably instead go to Maxence Lacroix of Wolfsburg.Newcastle would then have to compete with Wolves and Leicester to sign Kossounou.
The Ivory Coast international is now anticipated to depart Leverkusen after being an unutilized substitute in the team’s recent matches against Stuttgart in the DFL Supercup and Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga, despite the fact that no club has yet to make a firm offer.
Oliver Skipp, a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, signed a £20 million contract with Steve Cooper’s team. They also introduced Jordan Ayew, a dynamic forward who will move from Crystal Palace for a cost of £8 million, on Friday, another proven Premier League operator.
Though they currently have their eye on one of the best players in Belgian football, Leicester is eager to bring in other players in the near future.
HITC has been informed that negotiations are underway between the 2016 Premier League winners and the highly regarded Bilal El Khannouss over a potential transfer to King Power Stadium. But as of right now, there’s no word on whether a bid is accepted.
It’s also understood that Genk is asking for at least £17 million.
KRC Genk and Leicester City in Bilal El Khannouss’s conversation
At the young age of 20, El Khannouss, who was born in Belgium, has already won 14 caps for Morocco.
He competed in the Olympic Games in Paris and was a member of the Atlas Lions team that won the Under 23 African Cup of Nations.
The fashionable center midfielder for Genk is already among the first names on the roster. In an incredible 51 appearances last season, he contributed eight assists. El Khannouss, who set up three goals in his six games thus far in 2024–25, has continued where he left off at the beginning of the season.
Due to his inventiveness and love of making passes that divide defenses, he has also been compared to one of the best playmakers of his time, Luka Modric of Real Madrid.
“In my opinion, he is the Belgian league player with the most promising future,” reporter Filip Joos stated on the 90Minutes podcast about Sporza. He is the best person I can think of.
El Khannouss most strongly reminds me of Modric. That implies nothing that he
Due to his inventiveness and love of making passes that divide defenses, he has also been compared to one of the best playmakers of his time, Luka Modric of Real Madrid.
“In my opinion, he is the Belgian league player with the most promising future,” reporter Filip Joos stated on the 90Minutes podcast about Sporza. He is the best person I can think of.
El Khannouss most strongly reminds me of Modric. It does not imply that he will perform at that caliber. Their styles are the only things that are being compared.
