Chelsea sign Koulibaly, ex-Napoli

Finally, defender Kalidou Koulibaly was announced by Chelsea. The athlete has signed a four-year contract and arrives in England after defending Napoli for eight seasons.

sorted. 🤙#KoulibalyIsChelsea pic.twitter.com/pVlyNywgjt

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) July 16, 2022

Absolute owner of the Italian team and leader in the defensive sector, he played 317 games over the period in the team and is the 9th player with the most appearances for the club in history.

“I’m very happy to be at Chelsea. It’s a great team and my dream has always been to play in the Premier League. Chelsea came first to get me in 2016 but didn’t follow through. Now when they came to me I accepted. with my friends Edou (Édouard Mendy) and Jorginho they made my choice easier”, said Koulibaly.

Koulibaly is Chelsea’s second signing for the coming season apart from Sterling, who left Manchester City.

🇸🇳Koulibaly in the last season of Serie A

◉ 27 games
◉ 3 goals
◉ 3 assists
◉ 155 hits
◉ 27 fouls committed

▸1st of the team in disarm. on defense (43)
▸2nd of the team in disarm. in total (50)
▸3rd on the team on hits (54)

Good option for Chelsea’s defense? pic.twitter.com/fov4vtRrpF

— Footstats I2A (@Footstats) July 13, 2022