Not Koulibaly, Real Madrid Have a Crush on This Napoli Defender

DBasia.news – Real Madrid are looking for a replacement for Raphael Varane. The French defender just has to finalize the details of his transfer to Manchester United. El Real is now targeting a Napoli defender named Nikola Maksimovic.

Madrid really need a new centre-back to partner David Alaba. That was after they lost Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane.

Koulibaly is one of the best options that Madrid can choose. In addition to a lot of experience, the quality is also unquestionable.

Koulibaly’s ability in guarding the defense has been honed in Serie A. He has been a mainstay of Napoli since 2014.

Koulibaly has also been chased by many big clubs in recent years. But Il Partenopei is still able to maintain it.

The situation is a little different this summer. Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti believes that no player has been touched in his squad.

Even so, Napoli will not just hand over Koulibaly to Madrid. Diego Maradona’s former club also wants to get big profits.

Reporting from Repubblica, Napoli priced Koulibaly at a price of 60 million euros. This figure is actually much cheaper than what was installed in the previous transfer market.

But the figure is believed to be difficult to redeem Madrid. The Spanish giants only made a profit of 50 million euros from the sale of Varane.

Madrid must also be aware of the maneuvers of other clubs. Koulibaly did attract representatives of the Premier League.

One who has ambitions to get Koulibaly is Everton. The Toffees get a direct recommendation from the manager, Rafael Benitez.

Benitez is very familiar with the qualities of a Koulibaly. He was the one who landed the Senegalese player to Napoli.