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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20759540" data-attributes="member: 158020">De Laurentiis claims Chelsea offered €58m for Koulibaly <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/omnisport/b3/b5/kalidoukoulibaly-cropped_pmmmo5wc1x521ctuujr22zqi1.jpg?t=884308277&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has claimed Chelsea tabled an €58 million offer for Kalidou Koulibaly in the closing stages of the transfer window. The Senegal international was heavily linked with a move away from Napoli ahead of the 2016-17 campaign, with Antonio Conte reportedly keen to lure him Stamford Bridge.Nevertheless, Napoli refused to sell Koulibaly, who eventually signed a new and improved deal  - that runs until 2021 - with the Serie A side instead. "In the last few days of the transfer market, I refused an offer worth €58million for Koulibaly," De Laurentiis told reporters."Conte will say that it is not true, but he offered 30, then 40 and then €50million. "But I had already made the decision for myself that he would stay put for another year."We can talk again next year..."</blockquote>

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