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Chelsea meet target's price but bid refused anyway

Chelsea have met Napoli’s €50 million asking price for centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly but the Italian club have rejected the offer anyway, according to reports from Italy.

Gazzetta dello Sport‘s Carlo Laudisa has Tweeted that last season’s Serie A runners-up have rejected the offer after failing to secure a replacement in Torino’s Nikola Maksimoviu0107.

Il #Chelsea ha offerto €50 mln per #Koulibaly ma il #Napoli chiude. Anche perché il #Torino ha rifiutato €25 mln per #Maksimovic

— Carlo Laudisa (@carlolaudisa) August 8, 2016

We reported earlier in the week that Chelsea had made a considerable offer for the defender.