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Kalidou Koulibaly was close to signing for his current club Chelsea in 2015 but Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis did not allow him to leave the Serie A side at that time, the Senegal defender said in an interview published on Wednesday.
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The Senegal captain said African nations deserved more respect after the president of his former club, Napoli, said he would only sign African or South American players willing to miss competitions with their national teams. "Don't talk to me about Africans anymore," Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis told business website Wall Street Italia. "I wish them well, but either they sign a waiver for the African Cup or else..." "Between that tournament and the World Cup qualifiers in South America, these players are never available!" But Senegal captain Koulibaly, who led his country to the Africa Cup of Nations title earlier this year before joining Chelsea in a reported £34 million ($41 million) move from Serie A side Napoli was unimpressed.
LONDON: New Chelsea signing Kalidou Koulibaly has insisted he will never let anyone stop him playing football for Senegal.The Senegal captain said African nations deserved more respect after the president of his former club, Napoli, said he would only sign African or South American players willing to miss competitions with their national teams.“Don’t talk to me about Africans anymore,” Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis told business website Wall Street Italia.“I wish them well, but either they sign a waiver for the African Cup or else...”“Between that tournament and the World Cup qualifiers in South America, these players are never available!“But Senegal captain Koulibaly, who led his country to the Africa Cup of Nations title earlier this year before joining Chelsea in a reported £34 million ($41 million) move from Serie A side Napoli was unimpressed.“Nobody ever told me not to go to AFCON or something like this,” said Koulibaly during a news conference Wednesday.“Maybe sometimes they try to ask my manager or something like this.“But me, now as captain of Senegal, when AFCON comes I have to be the first one there, the first one in Senegal.”Koulibaly, who has signed a four-year contract with Chelsea following the purchase of the club by US businessman Todd Boehly’s consortium, added: “Nobody can tell me not to go to my national team. I have a lot of love for my national team, the team that I play for.“So, if someone told me to do that, it would be the only time that I can fight with somebody.“The way we feel all the time with my national team, we are all respectful, we wait for players to come from the Premier League, and everybody is happy to be here.“Everybody thinks the same as me in the national team.
New Chelsea signing Kalidou Koulibaly has vowed he will never let anyone stop him representing Senegal.
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LONDON : New Chelsea signing Kalidou Koulibaly was a bundle of nerves before calling John Terry to seek permission to take the number 26 shirt worn by the former club captain, the Senegal defender said on Wednesday.