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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.

Chelsea are holding negotiations over a possible deal for Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, according to David Ornstein.

There’s been a group that have come back before us and been training for the past week so they are in good form. Mount told the club’s official website: “It’s only been three weeks off so you don’t lose too much and I always like to keep ticking over a little bit by doing training. Koulibaly moved to Napoli from Genk in 2014 in a £6.5m deal and has spent the last eight seasons marshalling the Serie A club’s backline.

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.

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CHELSEA remain hopeful of concluding a deal for Napoli centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly.

According to Sky Sports Italia, the defender, who has just one year remaining on his current Napoli deal, has been tabled fresh terms by the Italian club which would see him stand to earn a figure in the region of £5m over the next five seasons. Napoli are notoriously awkward negotiators and a deal is thought to be by no means done, however talks are moving in the right direction from a Chelsea perspective. The Blues remain in discussions with Napoli over a potential move which is likely to see the 31-year-old join on a long-term contract for a fee in the region of £34m.

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.

The departures of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rüdiger have left a huge hole in Tuchel's defence.

So yes, we were happy with Toni, with Christiansen but I think we are more than happy with the defenders who will arrive for us.” Barça, who also want Marcos Alonso, will need to pay a small fee for Azpilicueta after Chelsea triggered a one-year extension in the Spaniard’s contract. The departures of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rüdiger have left a huge hole in Tuchel’s defence and Chelsea’s head coach would like to sign at least two centre-backs.

Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly believes his move to Chelsea is "on the right track" as a £34million deal is 'very close.'.

City want over £50million, and a replacement lined up before giving the 'green light.' Initially, Jules Kounde seemed primed to get his long and eagerly anticipated move to the English capital. Chelsea search for new defensive reinforcements has been a bit of a slow burner since the window opened on June 10.

Chelsea are in talks over a deal to sign the Napoli centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly, with a £34m agreement said to be close.

Barça, who also want Marcos Alonso, will need to pay a small fee for Azpilicueta after Chelsea triggered a one-year extension in the Spaniard’s contract. So yes, we were happy with Toni, with Christiansen but I think we are more than happy with the defenders who will arrive for us.” The Senegal international is among 10 nominees for next week’s men’s African player of the year award after helping his country to their first continental title. Napoli have offered Koulibaly an extension to his contract, which expires next year, but are aware that Chelsea can offer him more money. The departures of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rüdiger have left a huge hole in Tuchel’s defence and Chelsea’s head coach would like to sign at least two centre-backs. Chelsea, who could secure the signing of Aké this week, have several defensive targets.

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.

Kalidou Koulibaly's move to Stamford Bridge looks imminent with a senior Napoli figure dropping a telling hint about a Chelsea transfer.

But in the meantime, all eyes from a Chelsea focus will be on when a potential transfer agreement for Koulibaly can be fully reached and the announcement date to follow. Additionally, football.london understands that the Blues are in advanced talks for City defender Nathan Ake with the fee and personal terms being discussed. Italian reports state that the 31-year-old is keen to play under manager Thomas Tuchel and personal terms have already been agreed as a result.

Chelsea are close to finally securing a defender with a deal reportedly in place for Napoli defender Kalidou Kouliably. The Blues have been in the market ...

He has taken on the likes of Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal in the past, whilst also making a return to English shores last term for Napoli’s Europa League tie with Leicester City. Talking to The Players’ Tribune, he said: “At 4pm, I got a call from Mr Sarri. This guy... The defender is likely to become the club’s second signing of Todd Boehly’s first summer in charge of the club after he completed a takeover earlier this year. I say this in a good way, but he is crazy! Speaking to Eurosport, he said: “I'll confirm that later, but it's on the right track.” The Mirror reported last month that new owner Todd Boehly had turned to Koulibaly to solve the problem area in his squad.

NAPOLI star man Kalidou Koulibaly has admitted a potential move to Chelsea is "on the right track".The Premier League side are in the market for a cen.

NAPOLI star man Kalidou Koulibaly has admitted a potential move to Chelsea is "on the right track". As quoted by Romain Collet-Gaudin, Koulibaly admitted on a potential move to Stamford Bridge: "I'll confirm that later, but it's on the right track.” ‘It’s on the right track’ – Napoli star Kalidou Koulibaly confident he’s closing in on £35m Chelsea transfer

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.

The Blues's focus has been all on the defensive rebuild on Tuesday but rumours continue to float around regarding what is happening further up the pitch in ...

The transfer market is open until August 31 and anything can happen. The full structure of the deal needs to be agreed still but personal terms seem to not have been an issue at all. That isn't it though as elsewhere there is a lot more to bring you up to date with. Certainly one to keep an eye on. It also clarifies that Tuchel doesn't actually want Ronaldo despite him dropping a big hint whilst on the US tour. A £34million move is currently in the works and it is understood that owner Aurelio De Laurentiis isn't to stand in the way of their number 26 this time round with his manager and other senior figures in Naples already wishing him well ahead of his imminent move to Stamford Bridge.

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.

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.

Chelsea are confident of signing defender Kalidou Koulibaly, talkSPORT understands.The Napoli ace, 31, is attracting plenty of attention as he moves i.

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KALIDOU KOULIBALY is on the verge of joining Chelsea in a deal worth around £35million.The defender is set to sign for Thomas Tuchel's side after eig.

The Blues are also on the verge of completing a £47.5m deal for Raheem Sterling, who is expected to be awarded a contract worth around £300k a week. In a fan Q&A on Instagram, the Italian said: "I prefer Koulibaly to be with us always, especially as he would be captain this season. KALIDOU KOULIBALY is on the verge of joining Chelsea in a deal worth around £35million.

Chelsea are closing in on the signing of Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly this summer after Todd Boehly talks.

Tuchel is being backed this summer. After talks between the club and his agent, a move now appears to be on the verge of being agreed and completed. Reports came out on Tuesday suggesting that Chelsea were closing in on a deal for the central defender, and Koulibaly even offered an update on a possible move to London.

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 ace Kalidou Koulibaly has long been touted with a move to the Premier League with both Manchester United and Liverpool interested in striking a deal ...

Elsewhere, the Blues are set to announce Manchester City ace Raheem Sterling as their first signing of the transfer window. The Senegalese star will pocket a mammoth £8.4m-a-year (£160k-a-week) plus bonuses on completion of his switch to Stamford Bridge. Koulibaly, 31, is Thomas Tuchel's top target to replace Antonio Rudiger, who departed on a free transfer to Real Madrid earlier in the window.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.