Manchester United, Chelsea ready to battle to sign Napoli defender

Napoli are apparently prepared to sell Kalidou Koulibaly during this present summer’s transfer window.

The 29-year-old has been connected with a move away from Naples over the last few years, but it is felt that the Serie A outfit had set a asking price from £100m for the Senegal international, which scuppered his odds of leaving the club.

A new report guaranteed that Napoli expected to make cuts in the forthcoming market because of the financial effect of the Covid-19 outbreak, with Kalidou Koulibaly’s valuation possibly dropping to around £39m.

As indicated by Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian club’s President Aurelio De Laurentiis needs the talented defender off the wage spending plan and is consequently set to endorse a summer exit.

Manchester United and Chelsea have both been emphatically connected with the 29-year-old, who has scored once in 30 appearances at club level during the 2020-21 season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is said to need a partner for Harry Maguire next season, while Chelsea are also accepted to anticipate signing another centre-back in the forthcoming transfer market.