City bid £57m plus bonuses for Koulibaly

The Napoli center back was earlier linked with Liverpool as the Reds first bid was rejected.

City bid £57m plus bonuses for Koulibaly
Kalidou Koulibaly

Manchester City have submitted a £57m plus bonuses for Kalidou Koulibaly.

The Sun reports that the Senegalese is one of the highly admired players of Pep Guardiola and as he prepares his team ahead of next season, defensive instabilities that occurred last season is been addressed.

The Citizens have already acquired Nathan Ake from Bournemouth and the inclusion of the 29-year old will safeguard their backline from repeating dropping points that led to the catastrophic 18-point lead in the hands of Liverpool to clinch their first Premier League trophy in 30 years.

Koulibaly was heavily linked with the Reds and an amount of £58m was earlier rejected as Napoli stands firm on their asking price of £70m.

 

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However, it is thought that Napoli will hold out for £63m upfront for their highly-rated defender.

With Jurgen Klopp silent in the transfer market and attributing the Reds unhurried transactions to the financial impact of the COVID-19, the assurance of landing Koulibaly looks uncertain.

Kostas Tsimikas arrived on Monday from Olympiacos in a reported £11m to provide a cover-up for Andrew Robertson.

The departure of Dejan Lovren to Zenit St. Petersburg means Klopp will surely acquire a center back to compete with Joe Gomez in partnership with Van Dijk but as to whether the player would be a world-class defender is yet to be known.