Chelsea and Napoli have agreed a deal for Kalidou Koulibaly and the defender will fly to the USA on Wednesday night to hitch the membership’s pre-season tour, in response to studies.
The Blues have been closing in on a £33.8million swoop on Tuesday night and have now come to an entire settlement with Napoli, with an official announcement anticipated by the top of the week on the newest.
In line with Sky Sport Italia’s Gianluca Di Marzio, ‘contracts have been exchanged’ between all events and Koulibaly was initially anticipated to bear his medical in London after jetting out of Milan.
However The Telegraph say the 31-year-old will solely cease briefly in London earlier than heading to the US and can bear a medical there as an alternative earlier than instantly linking up together with his new team-mates on their pre-season tour.
Koulibaly – who has already touched down in London – could have his medical exams on Thursday in Los Angeles earlier than placing pen to paper on a long-term contract.
Preliminary studies had prompt Koulibaly would obtain a three-year take care of the choice for a fourth, however Italian sources declare he'll really signal a five-year deal.
The Senegal worldwide solely had one 12 months left on his earlier contract with Napoli and can now take dwelling round £160,000-a-week at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea pays €38m (£32.1m) – which can be paid in two instalments – along with an extra €2m (£1.7m) in bonuses.
The choice handy Koulibaly a long-term deal marks an enormous departure from the Roman Abramovich period, the place gamers over the age of 30 have been solely given short-term contracts.
However supervisor Thomas Tuchel has been determined so as to add an skilled defender to his backline after shedding Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen and new co-owner Todd Boehly has backed his supervisor.
Napoli are already interested by life after Koulibaly and have two targets lined up as potential replacements.
The primary is South Korean centre-back Kim Min-Jae, who at present performs for Fenerbahce, and the opposite possibility is Lazio defender Francesco Acerbi.
Napoli’s official radio station Radio Kiss Kiss, in the meantime, declare membership president Aurelio De Laurentiis is ‘livid’ with Koulibaly and his agent over the switch, having anticipated the defender to signal an extension just for him to reject it – forcing Napoli to promote.
Koulibaly will not be the one new centre-back to maneuver to Stamford Bridge this summer season, with Tuchel additionally eager to usher in Nathan Ake from Manchester Metropolis in addition to PSG’s Presnel Kimpembe.
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