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Thomas Tuchel keen to strengthen at centre-back after losing Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen on free transfers; Kalidou Koulibaly has one year ...

You can also catch up with the ins, outs and analysis on Sky Sports News. The clear targeting of wingers by Thomas Tuchel in this transfer window also raises the prospect of the head coach pondering a move away from his preferred 3-4-3 formation. The Manchester City forward underwent a medical on Sunday ahead of his £47.5m move to Stamford Bridge.

Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly has reportedly accepted a contract offer from Chelsea as the Blues prepare a £34 million bid this summer.

The goalkeeper hinted at the signing, admitting that he is happy with who the Blues are bringing in to be part of the backline this season. With it looking like a deal will be done to see Koulibaly join the Blues, Thomas Tuchel is reported to still want at least one more defender. Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly has reportedly accepted a contract offer from Chelsea as the Blues prepare a £34 million bid this summer.

Chelsea has seriously stepped up their intention to sign Serie A defender Kalidou Koulibaly with the Blues now set to win the race to sign the experienced ...

Chelsea has already lost defenders Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen on free transfers, with Cesar Azpilicueta very close to joining Barcelona as well. Today Koulibaly confirmed that his potential move to Chelsea is " on the right track" as the Blues look to bring the Senegalese international to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea has seriously stepped up their intention to sign Serie A defender Kalidou Koulibaly with the Blues now set to win the race to sign the experienced centre-back.

Chelsea's move for Kalidou Koulibaly could be wrapped up very quickly after the Napoli defender agreed personal terms on a mammoth contract.

‘If he chooses to leave, we will never stop thanking him for all the help he has given us. Initial reports had suggested Koulibaly would only be handed a three-year contract with the option for a fourth, but Di Marzio claims the centre-back will sign a five-year deal – though the fifth year may only be an option. Napoli are ready to shake hands on a deal worth €38m (£32.1m) – which will be paid in two installments – in addition to a further €2m (£1.7m) in bonuses.

Chelsea are confident they will seal the deal for Kalidou Koulibaly within 24 hours, with Napoli receiving €40m including bonuses.

Sky Sport Italia suggest a five-year contract worth €10m per season, whereas Sportitalia point to three years and an option for a fourth, worth €8m plus €1m in add-ons per season. His contract with Napoli is due to expire in June 2023 and he rejected an initial proposal to renew with his wages halved, then did not give a response to the second offer at €6m per season. Reports all point towards the transfer fee being €40m including add-ons, with Sky Sport Italia specifying €38m plus €2m bonuses.

Kalidou Koulibaly is close to a move to Stamford Bridge and has the backing of former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte.

The Senegalese defender has since continued racking up impressive performances with Napoli, 317 appearances later and his big move has come, not that it's ever seemed to bother him. Also on that list was Kalidou Koulibaly, a largely unknown defender to Premier League viewers at the time. When it comes to centre-backs, Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has been a good judge of them in his managerial career.

Kalidou Koulibaly has shown that he has an unexpected attribute that could help Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel solve a problem further up the pitch.

football.london understands that an agreement is close between Chelsea and Napoli in relation to a £34m deal that will see the Senegalese international sign a lucrative long-term contract in west London. City want over £50million and a replacement lined up before giving the green light for a deal. The Blues have a big task on their hands to replace both Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen who departed for new La Liga challenges.

Chelsea are set to complete the £34 million transfer of Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly on a five-year deal. Transfer Talk has the latest.

Memphis Depay is set to snub a move to Tottenham and stay at Barcelona, reports Sport. The Catalan side want €20m for the 28-year-old Netherlands striker, who has scored 12 times since joining Barcelona on a free transfer last summer. Idrissa Gueye plans to see out his contract with PSG despite advances from Galatasaray, as per L'Equipe. The 32-year-old is considered a priority for the Turkish side this transfer window. Bayern Munich are no longer interested in signing Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane this summer, according to Sky Sports Germany. Although the Bundesliga champions were eyeing the 28-year-old as a possible replacement for the departing Robert Lewandowski, they are not pursuing a move in this transfer window. Toronto have already signed Italian duo Lorenzo Insigne and Domenico Criscito this summer, with Bernardeschi expected to take over the Designated Player roster spot following Tuesday's exit of Carlos Salcedo. Umtiti, 28, is under contract with Barca until June 2026 and has been placed on the transfer list in recent windows. Fernandez will put pen to paper on a five-year contract with the Portuguese giants. Injury issues have hindered the Belgium international's development but, with a contract until 2024 and reported wages of €9m-per-season, Madrid are ready to move him on if he wants to go. He has also handled numerous contracts for his players with Al-Khelaifi, including PSG's most recent signing Vitinha, who joined from Porto. Catalan TV3 reports that Umtiti failed a medical this week with Rennes. I want to succeed here, to be champion. Ronaldo, 37, wants to leave Old Trafford in search of Champions League football in the coming season, only a year after rejoining the club and with another year on his contract. "It's a real option but a complicated one," Las Palmas president Miguel Angel Ramirez said regarding Fabregas' potential signing.

The club finalised their first deal of the window earlier this week as Raheem Sterling signed a five-year deal in west London. Although there's yet to be an ...

football.london understands that a deal for Koulibaly is now close. Meanwhile, Chelsea have been looking to strengthen at centre-back for quite some time. Tuchel still needs a few more players to be able to compete with the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool for the Premier League, but Chelsea are heading in the right direction.

Kalidou Koulibaly of SSC Napoli greets the fans during the... Photo by Fabrizio Carabelli/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. This time yesterday ...

Of course, reaching an agreement with Napoli over a fee was always going to be the trickier part of this equation. This time yesterday, Chelsea were “close to” agreeing a transfer for Kalidou Koulibaly, and we have apparently made some more progress in the last 24 hours. While negotiations with Napoli over the transfer fee are still ongoing, we have reached an agreement with the player over personal terms by this morning.

Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti has admitted that Kalidou Koulibaly could leave the club this summer amid reports Chelsea are close to signing him.

Koulibaly joined Napoli from Genk in 2014 and has become a pivotal player throughout the years. Napoli must either sell the centre-back soon or see him leave for free in 2023 and Spalletti admits that he may be on his way out. Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti has admitted that Kalidou Koulibaly could leave the club this summer amid reports Chelsea are close to signing him.

Chelsea are preparing an improved and official bid to sign Kalidou Koulibaly whose comments on the proposed move make great reading for Blues fans.

Chelsea have already seen an opening offer of £29.5m knocked back. Chelsea have already agreed surprising personal terms with the player. At the back, Koulibaly will play on the right side of the back three, meaning a left centre-back must still be signed. The Senegalese has reportedly accepted Chelsea as his next club and recently confirmed his transfer is “on the right track”. Hakim Ziyech is wanted by AC Milan, though the two clubs differ on the structure of deal in play. Transfer on the “right track” – Koulibaly

Kalidou Koulibaly appears set to earn a lengthy Chelsea deal if he completes a transfer to Stamford Bridge, something that has not been common for Blues ...

The shot-stopper is currently among the lowest-earning members of Chelsea's first-team squad, in contrast to Kante. While goalkeepers generally see their careers last a great deal longer than their outfield counterparts. Juventus have a long-term interest in Jorginho, while the Italian remains focused on Chelsea for the moment. For many, Kante would have been an obvious player to offer a significant deal to. Rudiger saw negotiations over his contract slow due to a discrepancy in the fee he hoped to garner and what Chelsea were willing to offer. Clauses for further years can often be included and triggered in deals, but Chelsea have rarely committed themselves to more than 12 months when agreeing new deals with veteran stars. The defender was not present for Napoli's first open session of the summer, and reports suggest an agreement between the Italian side and Chelsea could be made for in the region of £32 million.

Chelsea-bound Kalidou Koulibaly has been given his fair share of problems on the pitch by Liverpool's Mohamed Salah over the years.

In the interests of fairness and balance, however, it shouldn’t be forgotten that Koulibaly helped Senegal keep a clean sheet against Salah and his Egypt teammates in one of the biggest matches of 2022: the Africa Cup of Nations final. Koulibaly has been one of the standout defenders in Serie A since joining Napoli from Genk in 2014. Kalidou Koulibaly is expected to become a Chelsea player in the coming days.

The Chelsea target is close to a move to Stamford Bridge and will have plenty of options for what shirt number he takes.

This alone is also dependent on the future of N'Golo Kante and therefore Sterling's shirt number. As for the other readily available numbers currently at Chelsea, they are : 15, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, and 34. This immediately springs thoughts of Chelsea's John Terry. The retired defender was Chelsea's last wearer of the shirt and unsurprisingly, nobody has risked the pressures that would come with having it since he left the club in 2017. None more so than to sort out which shirt number the dominant defender will be wearing as he swaps the Napoli sky blue for the royal Chelsea one. There are other options that have been opened within the Chelsea squad though. The first place to look for hints as to which number he will don is his shirt history in Italy. For the entirety of his nine seasons in Naples, Koulibaly sported the no.26 top.

Kalidou Koulibaly 'will be a Chelsea player TOMORROW and is flying to London tonight for his medical' after the Blues struck a £43m deal with Napoli to replace ...

Kalidou Koulibaly is set to take a private yet to Los Angeles to undergo his medical on Thursday The Senegal captain is primed to take a private jet to California and complete his Chelsea medical on Thursday, ahead of a proposed four-year deal. Kalidou Koulibaly is preparing to take a private jet to Los Angeles tonight to team up with Chelsea so that he can complete his medical tomorrow.

Kalidou Koulibaly can hopefully limit the loss of Antonio Rudiger whilst also offering the chance for a new formation.

You can see that growth in the way he reads different situations and is consistently a clean tackler of the ball, even in situations when it looks like the odds are against him to sweep up danger effectively. Should the Blues keep hold of the talented Levi Colwill whilst continuing to integrate Trevoh Chalobah, Chelsea could have a great succession plan in their defence in the coming seasons. Kalidou Koulibaly might finally become a Chelsea player this summer after over six years of speculation linking the Napoli defender with a move to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea look set to sign Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli – but will he improve Thomas Tuchel's squad? We've had a look at his stats to find out.

Trevoh Chalobah – 3 Thiago Silva – 3 Antonio Rudiger – 3 Kalidou Koulibaly – 3 Andreas Christensen – 3.1 Kalidou Koulibaly – 3.1 Malang Sarr – 3.1 Kalidou Koulibaly – 1.0 Trevoh Chalobah – 1.2 Kalidou Koulibaly – 1.1 Trevoh Chalobah – 1.2 We haven’t included Cesar Azpilicueta, who made the majority of his appearances as a wing-back last term.

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is 'furious' with Kalidou Koulibaly and his agent Fali Ramadani who rejected a contract extension with the ...

The Senegal international is set to join Chelsea on a €40m deal, including bonuses. Koulibaly’s contract at the Stadio Maradona runs out in June 2023 and the defender has rejected a €6m-a-year offer from his club. According to multiple reports in Italy, the Blues and Napoli could finalise the agreement today.

Chelsea have reached a full agreement with Napoli to sign Kalidou Koulibaly, The Athletic understands.The 31-year-old Senegal centre-back will travel this.

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Chelsea have big defensive gaps to fill this summer and have seemed to secure their first centre half signing in Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly.

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Chelsea look set to complete the signing of Kalidou Koulibaly in the coming days. The Senegalese superstar will swap Napoli for west London in a deal that ...

If the evidence of that game against Mbappe is anything to go, the fans on the Stamford Bridge terraces could be in for quite a show. For Chelsea, it represents a very handy signing indeed with Koulibaly rated as one of the finest centre-backs in the game at the moment. Chelsea look set to complete the signing of Kalidou Koulibaly in the coming days.

Chelsea look set to sign Kalindou Koulibaly but are still in the market to complete another transfer at the back.

Technically, I think he may be a bit better than Rudiger. Rudiger was a special player at Chelsea, and it will be difficult to replace him, but I think that Kounde could be a great addition for the next four to five years, and he will get even better. Former Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna believes his countryman brings many of the same qualities that Tuchel has lost through Rudiger's departure and indicated that he might be an improvement upon the German star in terms of technical ability. It's been a long time coming, but Chelsea finally seem ready to show some productivity in the transfer market.

Raheem Sterling has thanked Manchester City and their supporters in a farewell message as he prepares to be announced as a Chelsea player.

“I arrived in Manchester a 20-year-old. To the office staff. “To the backroom staff.

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Raheem Sterling is set to join his brand new Chelsea teammates in Los Angeles in the next 24 hours, football.london understands. Sterling, on the other hand, is expected to be announced as a Chelsea player sooner rather than later. Certainly one to keep an eye on. The England international is flying out to the USA as the Blues begin to ramp up their pre-season training, with the first friendly taking place on Sunday. Corriere dello Sport claim that AC Milan want between €80-90million euros (£67-76million) for Rafael Leao this summer. Sign up for free and exclusive Chelsea news and updates from the pre-season tour of the USA

Having just confirmed the arrival of Raheem Sterling, Chelsea are set to make another major signing — and this one very much a needed one!

The Senegal international had long been a target for the Blues, with Chelsea first linked back in 2016 and then repeatedly through the many years since. We reached this accord quite quickly and efficiently, perhaps surprisingly so, given our previous history in dealing with the Napoli brass. Having just confirmed the arrival of Raheem Sterling, Chelsea are set to make another major signing — and this one very much a needed one!

Chelsea are close to signing long-term target Kalidou Koulibaly this summer, with the Napoli defender lined-up as the Blues' first defensive incoming of the ...

For Chelsea, it didn't help them win any silverware but with a young squad, patience is required to let the team gel well together - maybe this season will turn out different in real life and Chelsea can make a serious run at the title? Overall, it was a great individual debut season for Koulibaly who paired well alongside Chalobah and Silva to get Chelsea that extra bit closer to Man City in the table. A 3-2 victory over Spanish giants Barcelona before a 5-2 win on aggregate against Paris Saint-Germain meant a trip to Milan to face Inter in the semi-finals. Here’s Chelsea’s Best XI for the 2022/23 season according to our simulation. With Koulibaly, 31, set to join what is already a very promising young Chelsea squad and provide some experience, how much of an impact will he make in his debut season? Koulibaly has been one of Europe's most prominent defenders for nearly a decade, so it’s no surprise that Chelsea are trying to sign the Napoli defender to bolster their squad this summer.

CHELSEA look set to sign Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly this summer.

“For a player of 31 it’s a big problem to sign a new contract for only one year,” the Italian told reporters. As you know the big problem is the duration of the new contract. Despite his advancing years, Koulibaly is reportedly set to be handed a four-year deal at Stamford Bridge. And that could lead the way for other ageing players to demand longer contracts at the club.

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Chelsea are looking for further quality too, with Serge Gnabry emerging as a transfer target to add more quality to the final third. At wing-back, Chelsea have two of the best in the Premier League with Ben Chilwell and Reece James set to retain their spots in the team. Between the sticks, Chelsea are blessed with depth with Kepa Arrizabalaga challenging for a spot in goal, however it’s set to be Edouard Mendy who retains the gloves ahead of the Premier League’s return.