straight to your inbox The anger was palpable when Manchester City learned they had been gazumped in their agreement to sign Jorginho two summers ago.
Privately, the Blues were scathing about Napoli owner Aurelio Di Laurentiis, who they felt had broken his word after accepting a £44million bid – and then doing a U-turn to sell him to Chelsea for £53million.
That broken deal is now being cited by some Italian sources as the motivation behind City’s stalled pursuit of Kalidou Koulibaly during this transfer window.
Di Laurentiis has dug his heels in, reported to be demanding £72million for the 29-year-old centre back, while City will not go above their valuation of the Senegal international, thought to be around £50million.The Blues are now.
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