Kalidou Koulibaly says the time was finally right for him to move to the Premier League and join Chelsea at the second time of asking.
Centre-back Koulibaly joined Chelsea for £34m from Napoli this summer after years of being linked with a move to England – including the Stamford Bridge club in 2015.
The 31 year-old said: ‘It’s true that it is a long time that the Premier League wanted me to come.
‘I believe in God and these things so the moment was now. Maybe before nobody was ready and Napoli didn’t want me to come.