Kalidou Koulibaly says the time was finally right for him to move to the Premier League and join Chelsea at the second time of asking.
Centre-back Koulibaly joined Chelsea for £34m from Napoli this summer after years of being linked with a move to England – including the Stamford Bridge club in 2015.
The 31 year-old said: ‘It’s true that it is a long time that the Premier League wanted me to come.
‘I believe in God and these things so the moment was now. Maybe before nobody was ready and Napoli didn’t want me to come.
‘I am not a player that likes to go fighting with my club to leave. I have a lot of respect for the owner and supporters but I think that this time was the good time to leave Napoli.
‘I made eight years over there, had a lot of good moments with the supporters, my teammates, the club.
‘I learned a lot about football so I decided with my friends and family to come with Chelsea.
‘And why Chelsea? They are the only club that wanted really that I come. We had the first link in 2016 when [Antonio] Conte came here and wanted me to come.
‘It didn’t happen but I was always linked to Chelsea and this time the stars were in a good line so I came here and I’m really happy to join Chelsea and the Premier League’.
retbcimsz
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This is EPL not AfCoN
This is also champions league not epl😂😂😂and this time he is playing for world champions not Napoli😍 koulibaly pocketed him at Afcon final and world cup qualifies😂😂😂
Draco69
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1) i meant to type summer and not season. 2) Between rumors and a club's official statement, I would rather hold onto an official statement over rumors to be on a safe side. That statement simply means, if another club tenders a bigger offer, they'll be accepting that. 3) Your narrative that Dembelle used us, is just your thought and not a fact. If we had presented a much more favourable offer, it most likely would have turned his head + the the chance to reunite with Tuchel that soo trusted him way back in Dortmund. 3, Yes maybe we didn't really want Richarlison, yet your beloveth owner made a move to hijack him at the dieing minute- This in some way underlines what I said about the new owner just playing to the gallery.
Yeah and another thing, Brighton want Levi Colwill. 19 year old academy player who was on loan at Huddersfield last season because he's good. They want him so bad that they're trying to link both deals to each other even though they're separate deals. They want to reach an agreement with us for Colwill before they can release a statement for Cucurella. So it's like no Colwill, no Cucurella. But think about it, why would a football club release a statement refuting claims by media sources? it's not like Chelsea released a statement saying they've agreed a deal, it was Romano. That alone should tell you Bogus their statement is. it was unnecessary. Whatever be the case, we have a buyback clause in the deal that will take Colwill to Brighton and we're still getting Cucurella so I'm relaxed.
Coachfreezobluess
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where is Conor
Conor comes on as a substitute for kovacic
Draco69
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You came alot late son. Wish you had come when Abramovich was in charge. We had a football fan moving the club forward at the time, now we have a fan of American football, playing smart on us, a man who doesn't want to spend yet pretending to. Heard he just signed one Chukwuemeka that couldn't even make it into Aston Villa's starting 11. Also heard he's signed an American goalkeeper and is willing to let any player leave so he can make some money. The road ahead looks very bumpy, I foresee a fallout between this new owner and Tuchel. It's just a matter of time, his true colours will show up.
You need to start reading between the lines even with official statements. They're upset and petty. Romano put the news out before any documents were signed because he got word that an agreement had been struck. About another club tendering a better offer, lol, If man city pulled out, I'd really like to see who would cough up as much as we have. As for Dembele, We offered more than Barca did cuz I followed the story from the beginning. He wanted more money from Barca but they wouldn't budge so he used our interest to make them pay up and it backfired woefully. In the end he took a pay cut on a two year deal because his priority was was always to stay at Barca. If Boehly actually made a late move for Richarlison, it would have been because moves for Dembele and Raphinha broke down spectacularly and in case you didn't notice, the market is about recognizing opportunities and acting swiftly enough but he was too late on that one. That does not in anyway mean he's playing around with the club's interests, I refute that assumption. Remember, even Werner, Havertz and Silva were all opportunistic buys. Werner wanted Liverpool but they wouldn't pay(hence why his salary is so high), Havertz wanted Madrid but they didn't want him or have the money cuz of Covid, Silva wanted a contract renewal at PSG but they felt he was finished.
Winners01
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If you happen to be a coach your team will suffer relegation every season till you run out of league to be relegated 🤷
Single-Bone
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a club comes out to say rumours of an agreement isn't true and you believe them immediately, but you're so convinced that our owner is up to no good. You seem to be the brainy one. If the owner decided to take over negations and relieve them or their duties, well he is the boss. and no, they were supposed to leave by the end of the summer. Dembele never wanted to leave Barca, the earlier you understand this the better. He used us as a bargaining chip and went ahead to renew with less money. I repeat, Richarlison was never a priority, if not he would be with us. You have to know what news to believe.
1) i meant to type summer and not season. 2) Between rumors and a club's official statement, I would rather hold onto an official statement over rumors to be on a safe side. That statement simply means, if another club tenders a bigger offer, they'll be accepting that. 3) Your narrative that Dembelle used us, is just your thought and not a fact. If we had presented a much more favourable offer, it most likely would have turned his head + the the chance to reunite with Tuchel that soo trusted him way back in Dortmund. 3, Yes maybe we didn't really want Richarlison, yet your beloveth owner made a move to hijack him at the dieing minute- This in some way underlines what I said about the new owner just playing to the gallery.
Faodoptyz
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what do you think guys is koulibaly gonna be a starter??
Nah he's going to be your Daddy's brother
Draco69
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You came alot late son. Wish you had come when Abramovich was in charge. We had a football fan moving the club forward at the time, now we have a fan of American football, playing smart on us, a man who doesn't want to spend yet pretending to. Heard he just signed one Chukwuemeka that couldn't even make it into Aston Villa's starting 11. Also heard he's signed an American goalkeeper and is willing to let any player leave so he can make some money. The road ahead looks very bumpy, I foresee a fallout between this new owner and Tuchel. It's just a matter of time, his true colours will show up.
a club comes out to say rumours of an agreement isn't true and you believe them immediately, but you're so convinced that our owner is up to no good. You seem to be the brainy one. If the owner decided to take over negations and relieve them or their duties, well he is the boss. and no, they were supposed to leave by the end of the summer. Dembele never wanted to leave Barca, the earlier you understand this the better. He used us as a bargaining chip and went ahead to renew with less money. I repeat, Richarlison was never a priority, if not he would be with us. You have to know what news to believe.
MelvinDennis
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You know our coach don’t Use that information, so I would prefer this squad in his information too
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where is Conor
MelvinDennis
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beast defense, midfield be like league 2 club with championship attack 🤦🏾♂️
Single-Bone
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if Tuchel needed Richarlison we would have had him. Tuchel and Boehly had concerns about Kounde so they pulled out of the deal else we would have signed him too. There was NO WAY we could put in an offer for Dembele when we had a ban that lasted for months or did you miss that part? Now as I speak to you, We have agreed a deal worth 50m plus for cucurella which takes our spending to 150m and we're not done yet. Does that sound like an owner who doesn't want to spend? he's buying both players for now and the future but you don't care. all you care about is your hate agenda. And who cares why Cech left? Is he bigger than the club? we sacked Lampard ffs. Ignorance really is a disease. What we wanted was an owner who cares enough to build a squad for us to compete and Boehly is trying to do that, rather than he optimistic you Just come online and open your mouth waaaaa and start talking trash about him. Use your brain cuz it's not for decoration.
Well Mr Brainy, Brighton just officially declared that all the rumours about Cucurella to Chelsea is false. Cech left because he saw that the new owner has a different agenda that isn't best for the club, same with Maria who was supposed to stay at least till the end of the season. Both of them left and the new owner personally took over negotiations for potential signings. Again, if we never wanted Richarlison, why did we make an attempt to hijack the deal in the dieing minute? Furthermore, there was no ban that prohibited Dembelle from signing for another club. You don't worry, the picture with get clearer to you with time.
pamiklnpy
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he speak like he is the best centre back in the world
Draco69
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You came alot late son. Wish you had come when Abramovich was in charge. We had a football fan moving the club forward at the time, now we have a fan of American football, playing smart on us, a man who doesn't want to spend yet pretending to. Heard he just signed one Chukwuemeka that couldn't even make it into Aston Villa's starting 11. Also heard he's signed an American goalkeeper and is willing to let any player leave so he can make some money. The road ahead looks very bumpy, I foresee a fallout between this new owner and Tuchel. It's just a matter of time, his true colours will show up.
if Tuchel needed Richarlison we would have had him. Tuchel and Boehly had concerns about Kounde so they pulled out of the deal else we would have signed him too. There was NO WAY we could put in an offer for Dembele when we had a ban that lasted for months or did you miss that part? Now as I speak to you, We have agreed a deal worth 50m plus for cucurella which takes our spending to 150m and we're not done yet. Does that sound like an owner who doesn't want to spend? he's buying both players for now and the future but you don't care. all you care about is your hate agenda. And who cares why Cech left? Is he bigger than the club? we sacked Lampard ffs. Ignorance really is a disease. What we wanted was an owner who cares enough to build a squad for us to compete and Boehly is trying to do that, rather than he optimistic you Just come online and open your mouth waaaaa and start talking trash about him. Use your brain cuz it's not for decoration.
HastL_Official
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The monster in the back
Iceheart
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Probably raised by irresponsible parents, who didn't teach you to respect differing opinions. Did you read what the Sevilla chief said concerning Chelsea's pursuit for Kounde? Guess you didn't. Do you know we had the chance to sign Richarlison but we're reluctant till Spurs pounced, and in the dieing minute we tried to hijack? guess your lame ass don't know about this. Do you also know that Dembelle initially really wanted to leave Barca but waited for a sign of seriousness from Chelsea but that never came? If we had put in an offer better than what he already had on the table from Barca, he would have reunited with Tuchel. Have you any idea why Cech left the club? guess you don't. All you know is to emotionally charge at anybody with a different opinion to yours. Like I said, really must have been raised by irresponsible parents, it's all over your violent comment.
Do you know Savilla tried to force Chelsea into a bidding war? Fees were agreed verbally but savilla refuse to close the deal and they still went into negotiation with Barcelona what more do you want Chelsea to do? Do you know that Chelsea decided against going into that same deal last summer just because savilla increased their demands later even though there was already an agreement. Marina complained about this. Don’t believe their president he just wanted more. We all Dembele record with injury. The money he was asking was too much and in Chelsea, we are a little careful with over spending. Lukaku is a benchmark when we are discussing losses so we had to be careful with Dembele. More over we got a better alternative in Sterling. Richarlison isn’t not a reliable option in my opinion. He is the least amongst all the attackers we went for. He was more like a backup option to Raphina and sterling whom were our primary targets. For Cech departure, there has been no clearance as to whether there was a problem but as to what we have been informed, it was more like a decision taken by Cech himself because of his links to Roman same with Marina and Bruce Bucks
Leogoatdribbles
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Koulibaly said he asked John terry for his number 26 shirt number so he could wear it at Chelsea because he is a legend and he does not want to disrespect legend of the club. But Fati took the goat no. 10 and never asked and Barcelona went into debt ✌️
Coachfreezobluess
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You know our coach don’t Use that information, so I would prefer this squad in his information too
ifeyclack
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Remove loftus and add Jorginho
juuadnouz
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you will win trophies trust me
Single-Bone
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I mean you can't be this incredibly dumb and stupid and still be breathing the same air others breathe. You're a fucking fool. Boehly bought sterling and Koulibaly, he's about to buy cucurella for 50m, taking our spending to over 140mil lion. Even as we speak he's negotiating with Barca for De jong of all people. and he'll cost up to 80million wtf is wrong with you? he's about to buy a right wing back. ziyech, Alonso, Azpilicueta and Werner want to go so they will go!! You can't force a player who doesn't want to stay. The players we wanted to buy all wanted Barca so we've been unlucky. Now I ask you, WTF DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO? You just sit there and talk rubbish out of pure hate for a man trying his absolute best to bring players. You're a waste of space.
Probably raised by irresponsible parents, who didn't teach you to respect differing opinions. Did you read what the Sevilla chief said concerning Chelsea's pursuit for Kounde? Guess you didn't. Do you know we had the chance to sign Richarlison but we're reluctant till Spurs pounced, and in the dieing minute we tried to hijack? guess your lame ass don't know about this. Do you also know that Dembelle initially really wanted to leave Barca but waited for a sign of seriousness from Chelsea but that never came? If we had put in an offer better than what he already had on the table from Barca, he would have reunited with Tuchel. Have you any idea why Cech left the club? guess you don't. All you know is to emotionally charge at anybody with a different opinion to yours. Like I said, really must have been raised by irresponsible parents, it's all over your violent comment.
Draco69
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You came alot late son. Wish you had come when Abramovich was in charge. We had a football fan moving the club forward at the time, now we have a fan of American football, playing smart on us, a man who doesn't want to spend yet pretending to. Heard he just signed one Chukwuemeka that couldn't even make it into Aston Villa's starting 11. Also heard he's signed an American goalkeeper and is willing to let any player leave so he can make some money. The road ahead looks very bumpy, I foresee a fallout between this new owner and Tuchel. It's just a matter of time, his true colours will show up.
The future is very bright and we have hope. Your stupidity won't change it. There won't be any fallout when they're basically working together.
Draco69
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You came alot late son. Wish you had come when Abramovich was in charge. We had a football fan moving the club forward at the time, now we have a fan of American football, playing smart on us, a man who doesn't want to spend yet pretending to. Heard he just signed one Chukwuemeka that couldn't even make it into Aston Villa's starting 11. Also heard he's signed an American goalkeeper and is willing to let any player leave so he can make some money. The road ahead looks very bumpy, I foresee a fallout between this new owner and Tuchel. It's just a matter of time, his true colours will show up.
I mean you can't be this incredibly dumb and stupid and still be breathing the same air others breathe. You're a fucking fool. Boehly bought sterling and Koulibaly, he's about to buy cucurella for 50m, taking our spending to over 140mil lion. Even as we speak he's negotiating with Barca for De jong of all people. and he'll cost up to 80million wtf is wrong with you? he's about to buy a right wing back. ziyech, Alonso, Azpilicueta and Werner want to go so they will go!! You can't force a player who doesn't want to stay. The players we wanted to buy all wanted Barca so we've been unlucky. Now I ask you, WTF DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO? You just sit there and talk rubbish out of pure hate for a man trying his absolute best to bring players. You're a waste of space.
Gideonice
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Love you man
H2TRILL
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The English in this post....🤣
hekaenrsuz
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If you remove J5 then we will be hammered!!! He is the only original D-link man that we have!!!
yipbdeikpz
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koulibaly pocketed that egyptian in the afcon final
This is EPL not AfCoN
Dohbdelrs
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bigchelseafan2005
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welcome to the premier league Kolibouly
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koulibaly pocketed that egyptian in the afcon final
DominicAnderson12
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You came alot late son. Wish you had come when Abramovich was in charge. We had a football fan moving the club forward at the time, now we have a fan of American football, playing smart on us, a man who doesn't want to spend yet pretending to. Heard he just signed one Chukwuemeka that couldn't even make it into Aston Villa's starting 11. Also heard he's signed an American goalkeeper and is willing to let any player leave so he can make some money. The road ahead looks very bumpy, I foresee a fallout between this new owner and Tuchel. It's just a matter of time, his true colours will show up.
the American goalkeeper was scouted by peter cech... please have your facts right
Mescipruyz
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is only the thing that have to say to is that only which him a good thing to the Chelsea n hi must be know that Respect is very needed that's or
U're from which country please?
Fisdknpsu
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welcome to the premier league Kolibouly
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Did you also watch the one that salah is rolling on the floor ?
chrizo38
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You came alot late son. Wish you had come when Abramovich was in charge. We had a football fan moving the club forward at the time, now we have a fan of American football, playing smart on us, a man who doesn't want to spend yet pretending to. Heard he just signed one Chukwuemeka that couldn't even make it into Aston Villa's starting 11. Also heard he's signed an American goalkeeper and is willing to let any player leave so he can make some money. The road ahead looks very bumpy, I foresee a fallout between this new owner and Tuchel. It's just a matter of time, his true colours will show up.
u are right
Single-Bone
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You came alot late son. Wish you had come when Abramovich was in charge. We had a football fan moving the club forward at the time, now we have a fan of American football, playing smart on us, a man who doesn't want to spend yet pretending to. Heard he just signed one Chukwuemeka that couldn't even make it into Aston Villa's starting 11. Also heard he's signed an American goalkeeper and is willing to let any player leave so he can make some money. The road ahead looks very bumpy, I foresee a fallout between this new owner and Tuchel. It's just a matter of time, his true colours will show up.
FuadsaedMohamed
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I am very happy to join chelseaaa wear #26 the number of legend john terry
yipbdeikpz
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welcome to the premier league Kolibouly
Soedeinrz
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🤑🤑
Modys
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There is nothing like the Premier League .. 🔥🔥
yopabcepuz
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I am very happy to join chelsea and wear 26 # of legend john terry
yopabcepuz
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welcome To champions of europe 2021 -22
Muuabmrs
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what do you think guys is koulibaly gonna be a starter??
He's already a star. World class player with difference.
pitcemsu
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congratulations 👏👏👏 on him .
stehh
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vvd boss is here
Miwdnstuy
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is only the thing that have to say to is that only which him a good thing to the Chelsea n hi must be know that Respect is very needed that's or
jaucelopty
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what do you think guys is koulibaly gonna be a starter??
Why not?. He is literally one of the best defenders in the whole of Europe.
Alfred-90G
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Welcome to the land of controversial
Simonron_10
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what do you think guys is koulibaly gonna be a starter??
of course
JayPatel10
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what do you think guys is koulibaly gonna be a starter??