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Kalidou Koulibaly is one of the players who was targeted by Barcelona for much of the transfer market. However, the recurrent economic problems of the Catalan team stopped this intention and Napoli preferred not to sell him to this team. Chelsea was the one who got the player's services. As a result, the president of Napoli spoke about the management of this process and why they did not accept the offer from Spain.
It is not new news that the Italian squad was forced to sell him in order to have some economic benefit from the Senegalese defender. However, both parties decided to look for a good offer and chose a European giant as the next destination.
Finally, it was Chelsea who got his services for around 40 million euros. It was a priority after the departures of Christensen and Rüdiger, who left as 'stellar' signings for Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively. For this reason, it is evident that he will have playing time.
Aurelio de Laurentiis, president of Napoli, confessed on 'Radio Kiss Kiss' and spoke all the details of how the departure operation took place, as a result of a conversation they had where the possibility of the player going to Barcelona was widely mentioned.
"I offered him six and a half million euros per season, but he wanted to leave," confessed the director of the Neapolitan team, who could no longer do more in the face of the player's interest in going to a more competitive club with only one year left on his contract. If there had been a retention, he could have decided to leave for free.
"His idea of leaving was clear and I told him: 'I can't sell you to Barcelona because they don't have money'. Later, we received a proposal from Chelsea that was impossible to refuse," explained the highest authority of the Italian team, which this season will aim to regain prominence.
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