Manchester City will have to pay £65m to land top defensive target Kalidou Koulibaly this summer. Pep Guardiola is desperate to land to the Senegal international to partner Aymeric Laporte and will pull out all the stops in the wake of CAS overturning their two-year European ban.
At 29, Koulibaly is older than City’s usual age-profile of target and has three years left on his contract with Napoli. But Guardiola wants to inject more authority, presence, height, speed and experience into his back line and he believes the former Genk star fits the bill.City have scouted an array of centre-halves over the past 12 months in the priority position that Guardiola wants to fill.Italian giants Napoli want a huge fee for their centre half but the £65m.
Read more on dailystar.co.uk