Kalidou Koulibaly

[the wes 7,212]

Aurelio de Laurentiis says he stopped Chelsea signing defender Kalidou Koulibaly last summer because his club couldn't find a suitable replacement for the 25-year-old. (Bein Sports, via Metro)

[the wes 7,212]

Premium Sport have revealed that Napoli have a gentleman’s agreement with Koulibaly that will allow him to leave if they receive a bid of €60 million (£52m).

 

[Adnane 1,101]

No thanks.

Thank god we didn't pay that much for him by the way.

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[akgw13 867]

I know it sounds crazy cause Bonucci is the best defender in the world, but if we were to only buy one, K2 fits our current needs far better. The dude is a mountain of a man with some good skill, he would be a great LCB. Dealing with Napoli is just the worst though. Lets hope we buy who Conte wants quickly.

[zekinjo 449]

Maybe Koulibaly is our last backup option this year. If we're going to believe to the media our first options are VVD and Bonucci. At least we know that ADL confirmed that if we want him this summer he could be ours for a right price (60m).

[Rekin 835]

If we are dead set on going for a new CB, KK is a good alternative to VVD. Both are imposing and ball playing defenders, would be an improvement on the squad. 

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

17 hours ago, the wes said:

Premium Sport have revealed that Napoli have a gentleman’s agreement with Koulibaly that will allow him to leave if they receive a bid of €60 million (£52m).

 

Lol, gentleman agreement if someone pays the biggest fee ever for the defender? 

Starting to believe that we should stick with what we've got plus Christensen. We won't pay this big fee and I don't want cheaper alternatives like Rudiger or De Vrij. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

6 minutes ago, Blue Colored Sky said:

Lol, gentleman agreement if someone pays the biggest fee ever for the defender? 

Starting to believe that we should stick with what we've got plus Christensen. We won't pay this big fee and I don't want cheaper alternatives like Rudiger or De Vrij. 

I really still dont know enough about him than when we were first linked to him apart from theres a large gap between us of peeps that want him and peeps that want him to do one.

But we really cant sit back thinking we should stick with what we got plus another kid who polarizes views Christensen. You saw how we was taken advantage of at times last season - and now other managers have had time to suss our tactics out and more teams will be doing it.

I was positive that a CB would have been sorted very quick but I'm used to having Blue dreams broken Had visions of all our incoming sorted early and getting together well in time for pre season. Like I said - Blue dreams.

Not given up hope yet tho!

[Special Juan 27,424]

We will probably be chasing him, then it will fail, we will then turn to VvD and then when that fails turn to Andreas and claim it was our intention to make him first choice all along.

[mashimaru161 77]

34 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

We will probably be chasing him, then it will fail, we will then turn to VvD and then when that fails turn to Andreas and claim it was our intention to make him first choice all along.

We were chasing vvd first, from all the rumour i've gathered after they humiliated us last summer, we stopped trying altogether. All these noise only come from Adl and kouli agent, napoli probaly needs money to comply with FFP  

christensen confirmed he will return

[the wes 7,212]

Just paid the fee I couldn't face another season with cahill in the starting line up 

[mashimaru161 77]

12 minutes ago, the wes said:

Just paid the fee I couldn't face another season with cahill in the starting line up 

Fa requires a club has at least one english player in the team

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

Chelsea bid £100m for Napoli duo

 

Reports in Italy have claimed that Antonio Conte is turning to his home country for Chelsea's transfer business this summer. 

 

Gazetta dello Sport are reporting that the Blues have made a £97m double bid for forward Lorenzo Insigne and defender Kalidou Koulibaly.

 

They say the breakdown of the bid is £53m for Insigne and £44m for Koulibaly. 

[akgw13 867]

What a physical marvel this dude is, was just reading/watching things about him. His speed and coordination for his height is insane! No wonder Conte supposedly wants this guy.

[-Kaplan- 410]

This is eerily similar to the Hulk saga. 

[the wes 7,212]

3 hours ago, -Kaplan- said:

This is eerily similar to the Hulk saga. 

We never put a bid in for Hulk we were just alway linked to him for some reason 

[mccg 1,528]

13 minutes ago, the wes said:

We never put a bid in for Hulk we were just alway linked to him for some reason 

I Feel like doing a hulk if we have another transfer window like the last one with this guy.....grrrrrrrr

[the wes 7,212]

35 minutes ago, mccg said:

I Feel like doing a hulk if we have another transfer window like the last one with this guy.....grrrrrrrr

I feel your pain mate