Manchester City ‘not far away’ from reaching agreement for signing – Player ‘dreams’ of the move

Manchester City are "serious" about the signing of Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly and they have offered a €63m for the player, according to La Repubblica. On Wednesday, Fali Ramadani, Koulibaly’s agent, was set to travel to Capri to present a new transfer offer for the defender. The offer was to be a new one from Manchester City, and the figure was put at €65m. Koulibaly would earn €6.5m a season. Later on Wednesday came claims the offer was actually €63m plus a few bonuses, and that it wasn’t enough for De Laurentiis. According to the report from La Repubblica, Napoli are looking for a minimum of €70m fixed, plus more in bonuses. It’s worth noting that earlier this week, Gazzetta dello Sport spoke of a €70m potential Manchester United offer. If Manchester City offered that, with bonuses added or not, it’s hard to see it being rejected should nobody else come in with more. In a difficult place financially, having spent €180m between January and July, according to the Gazzetta report, the Serie A club may even have to come down from the €70m, because it’s unlikely they’d get such a figure next year. La Repubblica say Koulibaly ‘dreams’ of such a move to the Premier League.' Source: SportsWitness