Chelsea ready to offer £34m for Napoli and Senegal star

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Date: 9th July 2016 at 3:28pm
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Chelsea are reportedly ready to splash out £34m this summer in a bid to land Senegal international defender Kalidou Koulibaly, according to Sportitalia (via The Sun).

The Premier League side, who could only finish tenth in the English top-flight standings last term during their thoroughly disappointing defence of their 2014/15 title, have been continually linked with a move for the Napoli centre-half ahead of the forthcoming 2016/17 campaign.

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New Chelsea boss Conte – Photo: Mark Leech / Offside.

The 25-year-old, who has six international caps for his country, provided two assists in 42 appearances in all competitions for the Serie A outfit last season.

Koulibaly, who was part of a Napoli squad who conceded just 32 times in 38 league games last term as they finished runners-up to eventual champions Juventus, has already been the subject of a failed £19m bid from the Blues last month.

However, new Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is so determined to land the Senegal star, he has convinced the club to stump up more cash for the defender’s services – offering an initial payment of £31.5m, plus £2.5m in bonuses.

 
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2 responses to “Chelsea ready to offer £34m for Napoli and Senegal star”

  1. si says:
    9th July 2016 at 3:56 pm

    I will never listen to a player who says they want join a club until it’s actually on paper banucci say I want join conte looks like he going to city also what our chelsea doing in the market one player in so far to much chat and not much action chelsea no the price for players so we bid less and that’s why we miss out on top players, let hope the club our doing things behind the scene as at moment being a chelsea fan I am worried for the season

  2. ahmed says:
    9th July 2016 at 6:47 pm

    chelsea should be ready to spend a lot so that we can get top players.lets not be selfish