Sport
Senegal defender joins Chelsea on four-year deal from Napoli
Chelsea have signed centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly on a four-year deal from Serie A side Napoli.
The Senegal international, 31, joined Napoli from Genk in 2014 and made 317 appearances for the Italian side.
His arrival at Stamford Bridge follows the departures of defenders Antonio Rudiger to Real Madrid and Andreas Christensen to Barcelona, both on free transfers.
“I’m very happy to be here with this team at Chelsea,” said Koulibaly.
“It’s a big team in the world and my dream was always to play in the Premier League. Chelsea came first to get me in 2016 but we didn’t make it. Now when they came to me I accepted it because they really wanted me to come to the Premier League to play for them.”
Koulibaly made his senior debut for Senegal in September 2015 and has since earned 62 caps, captaining the team to victory at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
BREAKING: Qantas passenger plane faces engine failure, makes emergency landing in Sydney
Court jails 19-year-old trader for robbing elderly woman in Jos
TikTok bans Odumeje over controversial ‘dangerous miracles
Plutomania Records: Shallipopi leaves Dapper Music amid launch of new label
“I’ll only be loved when I’m gone” – BBNaija’s Angel opens up on heartbreak
Cesarean Sections now free for pregnant Nigerian women – Health Minister
Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Friday, 8th November, 2024
Vivian Wilson: Elon Musk’s transgender daughter plans to leave US after Trump’s victory
TCN reveals cause of National Grid collapse
The etymology of the FUHSO debacle By adakole Elijah
Baltasar Engonga: Equatorial Guinea govt sacks official over leaked videos, names successor
