James 5,387 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Chelsea confirmed the departure of Kalidou Koulibaly to Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia on Sunday and I wanted to give a little shout out and tribute to the players I feel deserve it when they leave. First of all, I want to say that in my opinion, signing Koulibaly at the time was not a […]View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,592 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) No, no we were not. He was too far into decline when we signed him. You could see it already in the 2020/21 season. He bounced back a bit in 2021/22, but not enough, as it turns out, to warrant such a large fee and salary. I say this as a person who thought for a 2 or 3 year period he was close to, if not the best CB on the planet, with only prime VVD to rival him. Edited June 30, 2023 by Vesper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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