Man Utd: Pundit discusses possiblity of signing Kalidou Koulibaly
Manchester United and Chelsea are interested in signing Kalidou Koulibaly this summer and the Napoli defender has provided a big update on his future plans.
Kalidou Koulibaly has provided an update on his future amid Man Utd and Chelsea links (Image: GETTY)
"I never spoke to Napoli about leaving. If we have to find a solution, we will find it, but I have never talked about the transfer market.
"I also read in the newspapers about my future. But I only want to think about playing, I am 100 per cent [committed to] Napoli and it bothers me to be linked, every day, to this or that European club.
"We will see what the president (Aurelio De Laurentiis) will decide and if he proposes to extend my contract, that would allow me to end my career here.
"At the moment, I still have a three-year contract and I am not thinking of anything else but Napoli."
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Meanwhile, former Chelsea defender Frank Lebeouf thinks Koulibaly would be more suited to the Blues than United.
"I will never ask him to go to Manchester United for many reasons," he said.
"I want him to win some stuff and I think Manchester United is not the club that they used to be and they're not ready to win stuff.
“I think Liverpool would be a good fit with [Virgil] van Dijk, that would be fantastic.
The Napoli defender hopes his contract will be extended (Image: GETTY)
"Paris Saint-Germain as well with Marquinhos, there would be two great central defenders.
"I think Chelsea will need a player like that. I don't know if Koulibaly will be interested, but even if they have two very good central defenders, Koulibaly I think belongs to another level and would fit very well.
"I know he has a link with Liverpool, Van Dijk and Koulibaly at the back - my God, that's going to be another Red season I guess.
"Definitely with Van Dijk, and when you're a defender like Koulibaly, that would be the best central defence in the world."