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Chelsea and Everton transfer blow: Agent rules out move for defender
KALIDOU KOULIBALY is not considering leaving Napoli despite interest from a number of clubs, according to his agent.
Koulibaly has been linked with a number of clubs in recent months, including Premier League duo Chelsea and Everton.
However, the defender's agent Bruno Satin has since revealed his client was never going to leave Napoli.
And the 25-year-old is said to be fully focused on doing well for the Italian club who currently sit sixth in Serie A.
Kalidou Koulibaly was never leaving Napoli, his agent has revealed
Kalidou Koulibaly was wanted by Chelsea and Everton
"I don't live in the past, all opportunities and negotiations have been forgotten," Satin told Italian radio station Crc.
"I look at the present and the future.
"Several clubs were interested in Koulibaly, but he's a Napoli player and he's focused on Napoli.
“I’m not aware of the Azzurri’s price being £67million, the President [Aurelio De Laurentiis] always said he wasn’t for sale.”
Everton owner Farhad Moshiri confirmed this week they had put in a bid for the defender but were knocked back by Napoli's £60m demands.
"It is monopoly money. We went right to the asking price and they decided not to sell," Farhad told talkSPORT.
Kalidou Koulibaly reportedly had a £67million price-tag
And Napoli chief De Laurentiis claimed in October he had knocked back at least five offers from Chelsea for Koulibaly over the summer.
"They offered to me £30m, 35, 40, 45, 50," De Laurentiis said.
"'Mr. Conte', I said, 'The marina is behind me, follow me', I offered him that instead."