Impact Kounde kept 18 clean sheets and tallied a goal and three assists across 29 La Liga appearances (28 starts) during his rookie season in Barcelona, missing a few spurts of action in the fall due to injuries but nothing significant. The 24-year-old spent most of the season at right-back, a position he's made clear he doesn't enjoy playing as much as in central defense, but the first league title of his career might assuage some of those frustrations heading into the next campaign where Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araujo will presumably remain the first-choice center-backs.
JUNE 6, 2023 • ROTOWIRE