Kalidou Koulibaly has turned into Chelsea's subsequent summer marking in the wake of flying out to the US to get together with his new colleagues.
Koulibaly has joined the Blues on a four-year contract after Napoli consented to a £33.8million (€40m) bargain for the 31-year-old. He follows Raheem Sterling, who has previously joined in a £50m bargain from Manchester City. The Senegal worldwide went through a clinical in London on Thursday and has now flown out to Las Vegas to get together with Thomas Tuchel and his crew, who are planning to play Mexican side Club America on Sunday.
He will build up the focal point of Chelsea 's guard following the huge misfortunes of Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen, who passed on free exchanges to individually join Real Madrid and Barcelona. Koulibaly shows up at Stamford Bridge with bunches of involvement, having taken 317 appearances for Napoli since a £6.5m action from Belgian side Genk in 2014.Speaking after his appearance, Koulibaly said: "I'm exceptionally glad to be here with this group at Chelsea, it's a major group on the planet and my fantasy was generally to play in the Premier League. Chelsea started things out to get me in 2016 yet we didn't make it. Presently when they came to me I acknowledged it since they truly believed me should come to the Premier League to play for them.
"At the point when I addressed my old buddies Edou and Jorginho they pursued my decision simpler so I'm truly glad to accompany you today. I need to thank the fans since I saw a ton of them in London and on the plane everyone was glad for me to be here. So I need to say thanks to them and I trust the season will be great and we will give a few decent minutes to the fans.'
Koulibaly had himself previously affirmed his takeoff from Napoli on Friday in a close to home Instagram post . He stated: "My two youngsters were brought into the world in Naples. I have met individuals who will always be essential for my life and who caused all of us to feel at ease: from the first to the latest possible second. Because of you, Naples, I turned into the man I am today.
"On account of the club, the President, the mentors, every one of my colleagues and every one individuals I have had the joy of working with throughout the long term. Much obliged to you, Naples and Neapolitans, for all the adoration we have given each other.I am pleased to have regarded you with all of myself and I will proceed, endlessly, to convey you in my heart and to support one of the main affections for me: regard. You have been everything for me. Presently I believe I need to leave and get once more into the game: it's the ideal opportunity for another experience."
Koulibaly won't be the main place back showing up at Chelsea this late spring, with Tuchel believing that somewhere around two should support his exhausted choices in the midst of the chance Cesar Azpilicueta could be permitted to leave for Barcelona. "We really want a few place backs - something like two to supplant Andreas and Toni," he said on Friday. "We have Azpi right now in our crew, and we plan with him, however there are talks happening about his own circumstance and what we need. We will be exceptionally open with you, so that makes it three.
"I think with Thiago [Silva] in the center, Toni on the left, and Azpi or Andreas (on the right), we had the best back three on the planet. Not much of groups play with a back three, yet this was a fabulous back three. Trevoh [Chalobah] then moved forward and assumed a tremendous part. He really wants to improve, and he will get the obligation. Ideally, that's what he takes. Yet at the same time, we really want a profound crew. If not, we won't contend."
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