Koulibaly reveals the warning he got about the Premier League

Chelsea summer signing and defender, Kalidou Koulibaly, in a recent statement revealed that the club’s legends Didier Drogba and Gianfranco Zola warned him that he would struggle in the Premier League.

Koulibaly has been a key player in Chelsea’s team under both former manager Thomas Tuchel and current boss Graham Potter this season.

The Senegalese defender moved to Stamford Bridge during the summer transfer window from Italian side Napoli.

“The beauty of football is also this, I arrive with a coach who wants me at all costs and then he leaves,” Koulibaly told Corriere della Sera.

“Both [Thomas] Tuchel and [Graham] Potter play with the three-man defence. At Napoli, I was used to playing with a four-man backline. It is another arrow that I put in my bow, you never stop learning.

“I knew I was going to have a hard time, and it has been this way. Even [Gianfranco] Zola, [Didier] Drogba had anticipated it would be and told me.”

So far, Koulibaly has been unavailable in Chelsea’s last three matches against Brighton, RB Salzburg and Manchester United due to injury.