Thomas Tuchel's search for a defender continues, Chelsea have made a new offer for Koulibaly

Kalidou Koulibaly has long been one of the most interesting players on the transfer market, Napoli's Senegalese center back has several offers on the table to leave Napoli this summer. However, Napoli has made an initial renewal offer that seems to satisfies his economic demands. The player will decide if he prefers to look for new horizons or to accept a contract extension with his current team.

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One of the European clubs that have shown more interest so far is Chelsea, which also seeks to acquire the services of the 29 year-old defender, for whom it would offer up to 40 million euros according to The Sun.

This transfer would greatly help the team led by German coach Thomas Tuchel to fill the vacancies left after the departures of Antonio Rudiger to Real Madrid and Andreas Christensen to FC Barcelona after ending their respective contracts with the ‘Blues’.

Chelsea have other defenders in their sights, they are also in the race for the signing of Sevilla's French center-back Jules Koundé.

Napoli do not want to let Koulibaly go

The president of Napoli has been in charge of approving the delivery of the renewal offer that could allow Kalidou Koulibaly to continue playing for Napoli next season, in an offer that would go up to 6 million euros per season. This being quite an interesting proposal, the African player would be seriously evaluating it frustrating the plans of all those teams that are looking to get his services for the 2022/23 season.

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