Who will replace Kalidou Koulibaly?

DBasia.news – Napoli in the 2022-2023 season is in a condition that its squad undergoes changes and is left by its top players.

Players like Lorenzo Insigne, Arkadiusz Milik, David Ospina, and most recently Kalidou Koulibaly. Napoli resigned to their abandonment, especially the last name, a defender who has played since 2014 and is one of the top defenders in Serie A.

Koulibaly (31 years) was bought by Chelsea for 33 million pounds to replace Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen. Koulibaly is Chelsea’s second signing after Raheem Sterling, plus he will sign a four-year contract.

It is not easy for Napoli to replace an experienced and quality defender like Koulibaly. However Napoli already have a candidate and he is from Asia, who is he?

As stated by transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Napoli are trying to recruit Kim Min-jae from Fenerbahce. Spalletti also admired him.

“He (Kim) is the type of player at the level of Napoli – Kim is a defender at the level of the Champions League,” Spalletti said as quoted by Kiss Kiss. Kim has a buyout clause of 20 million euros.

But Napoli could not linger if they wanted to sign him, as Stade Rennes were also interested in the 25-year-old. Even Rennes has negotiated with Fenerbahce for packing 42 caps and three goals with the South Korean national team.

Kim before at Fenerbahce strengthened Gyeongju KHNP, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, and Beijing Guoan. Judging from the data from WhoScored Kim has the power to pass the ball, cut the ball, focus, and tackle the ball. Kim also likes to play short passes.