There have been market transactions between the two clubs for years: Koulibaly’s arrival in London could accelerate the outcome of the talks for the two players
The transfer of Kalidou Koulibaly can be the prelude to new business between Chelsea and Naples. This time in for De Laurentiis and no longer out: the sale of KK caused painful reactions from the Azzurri fans, in the midst of Spalletti’s diplomacy who tried to take the blow. Between Naples and Chelsea there are consolidated relations, especially if we think about what happened in the summer of 2018: De Laurentiis breaks up with Sarri, the latter had long ago decided to leave, summons Ancelotti and gives life to an inexhaustible tug-of-war to free his former Commander – still under contract – heading to London Blues. Sarri himself had opened, at the beginning of the previous spring, to accept Chelsea’s proposal precisely because of his great curiosity – mixed with enormous emotion – to taste the Premier. And what is urgent, in that famous summer 2018, to ensure that Sarri fulfills his dream and that he is freed from Napoli? A market operation for what will be an authentic and sensational counterattack: Jorginho has the Manchester City contract in hand, Guardiola is waiting for him and only the signature is missing. De Laurentiis tells Chelsea that only the Jorginho operation, complete with the snatching of the City, would guarantee the green light to Sarri, towards London. The Commander obviously endorses Jorginho, his football godson, the deal breaks through the 60 million barrier and sends both the coach and the midfielder to Marina Granovskaia. From that moment the relations between Naples and Chelsea became reinforced concrete, those between Naples and City died definitively. And there is no shortage of market opportunities: before Koulibaly, Emerson Palmieri could have landed in Campania – with the endorsement of Spalletti – but then Lyon burned any kind of competition.