Paper Talk: Chelsea to make improved bid for Napoli star, Bayern name price for Juve, Spurs target
The Senegalese centre-back was tempted to join the Stamford Bridge last summer when Chelsea offered € 55 million to sign him.
The Italian paper states that the Blues will offer € 60 million in the next few days although the Serie A giants are intended to keep the player at the club as they want to become Juventus’ no. 1 contenders for the Serie A title next season. Koulibaly is not going to leave Napoli, at least for now, because he’s a vital part of the club’s future. Napoli’s position, however, may change if the player asks to leave but at the moment that is not a likely scenario.
Meantime, Bayern Munich have named their price for Douglas Costa who is known to be a transfer target of Juventus and Tottenham. The Bavarians have slapped € 50 million price-tag on the talented Brazilian winger who, however, may leave the Allianz Arena for a fee close to € 45 million.
Juventus have already opened transfer talks with the Bundesliga giants and with the player’s entourage. The Champions League finalists are on very good terms with representatives of Bayern Munich and Diego Cota to Juventus could be a done deal by next week. The Old Lady has already offered € 40 million and the two clubs could meet halfway.
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Juve have offered € 35 million to Sevilla to sign N’Zonzi (Gazzetta)
If they can’t reach an agreement, Juve will pounce on Liverpool’s Emre Can (Tuttosport)
Chelsea and Antonio Conte are not on good terms due to the manager’s text message to Diego Costa and the club’s summer transfer strategy (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Bayern have officially signed former Juve and Chelsea target Corentin Tolisso (various)
Andrea Belotti is still a transfer target of AC Milan (Gazzetta)
Despite no official announcement has been release yet, Patrick Schick to Juventus is a done deal (Tuttosport)
Gerard Deulofeu does not want to return to Barcelona nor to Everton. He wants to make return to AC Milan (Gazzetta)
Everton target M’Baye Niang is being linked with a move to Torino as well (Tuttosport)
Inter are interested in signing Fiorentina star Borja Valero who is not going to be offered a new deal by the Tuscans (Corriere dello Sport)
OGC Nice’s Dalbert is also a transfer target of the nerazzurri (Corriere dello Sport)
Joe Hart could move back to Torino although the granata’s main target is Sirigu (Tuttosport)
AC Milan could include a € 105 million release clause in Donnarumma’s new deal (Tuttosport)