Manchester City are still hoping to sign Kalidou Koulibaly in a £75m deal - without having any direct contact with his club Napoli.
Pep Guardiola has made the Senegal international one of his main transfer targets this summer and remains determined to lure him to the Etihad.But there is bad blood between the two clubs that is making the deal take longer to complete.
The ill-feeling goes back to 2018 when City were on the verge of landing Napoli midfielder Jorginho, only for the Serie A side to perform a U-turn and sell him to Chelsea instead.
Etihad bosses were left seething and have still not forgiven their rivals.Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis admitted last week that the problems between the two clubs would make it difficult for.
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