Kalidou Koulibaly dreams of 'winning everything' at Chelsea, hits back at Napoli president

New Chelsea signing Kalidou Koulibaly has appeared to hit back at his former Napoli boss over remarks about not signing African players if they plan to play in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Koulibaly, who captained Senegal to their first Afcon title in February, spent eight years at Napoli before joining Chelsea last month in a deal reported to be worth £34 million ($40.6m).

Shortly before Koulibaly's first press conference as a Chelsea player on Wednesday, Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis said he would think twice about recruiting any more African players, unless they committed to not playing at Afcon.

"Don't talk to me about Africans anymore," Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis told 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!"

Koulibaly hit back by saying African nations deserved more respect, telling reporters: "Nobody will ever tell me not to go to Afcon or something like this.

"Maybe sometimes they try to ask my manager, 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.

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