Transfers – Premier League: After Raheem Sterling, Chelsea offers Kalidou Koulibaly

Chelsea took their time but are well and truly launched. Early Saturday morning, the London club announced its second major recruit in three days: after Raheem Sterling on Wednesday, Kalidou Koulibaly joined the Blues. The Senegalese central defender is committed for an amount which would be around 40 million euros, all within the framework of a four-year contract. The very reliable Fabrizio Romano even mentions an option for one more season.

A long-term contract therefore, for a player who celebrated his 31st birthday less than a month ago. And who will discover his first top European club. For years, the player who passed through FC Metz and KRC Genk was announced in the sights of several top names, at almost every transfer window. This transfer comes at a time when the craze around the 1.87m rock had begun to slowly fade.

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But Koulibaly is nonetheless a benchmark for his position, he who remains on a year with three goals and three assists in 27 Serie A matches, with the CAN and an injury which had truncated his club season. He left Naples as a club legend after eight seasons and 317 matches.

“My dream has always been to play in the Premier Leaguehe savored. Chelsea came for the first time in 2016 but it didn’t happen. When they came back to me, I accepted because they really wanted me to come and play for them.” Thomas Tuchel was in great need of reinforcements in this position, while Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rüdiger left the ship at the end of the contract. At least one other player should follow. It could be Presnel Kimpembe.

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