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Kalidou Koulibaly
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Koulibaly is moving to Chelsea
Senegalese central defender Kalidou Koulibaly is moving from SSC Napoli to Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea in the Premier League.
As the club of the German team manager announced, the 31-year-old signed a four-year contract, the fee should be around 40 million euros.
"It's a big team in the world and my dream has always been to play in the Premier League," said Koulibaly.
He spent the last eight seasons with Napoli in Serie A and won the Italian Cup in 2020.
As captain, he also won the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal in February.
After Manchester City's Raheem Sterling, Koulibaly is the second high-profile signing to join Germany internationals Kai Havertz and Timo Werner.
He is expected to fill the gap in central defense left by Antonio Rudiger after joining Real Madrid.
Union Berlin borrows Diogo Leite
1. FC Union Berlin have signed Portuguese defender Diogo Leite.
The 23-year-old comes on a year-long loan from FC Porto.
The Bundesliga club then has a purchase option for an undisclosed amount.
The central defender was loaned to SC Braga last season.
Sixth signing: VfL Wolfsburg brings Svanberg from Bologna
VfL Wolfsburg have signed Swedish midfielder Mattias Svanberg from Italian first division side FC Bologna.
As the club announced, the 23-year-old will receive a contract with the Wolves until 2027.
Svanberg has scored nine goals in 118 Serie A appearances for Bologna and has made 21 appearances and one goal for the national team.
The Swede is Wolves' sixth summer signing.
European champion Bernardeschi moves to the MLS
Italy international Federico Bernardeschi has joined Toronto FC in the North American professional league MLS.
This was announced by the Canadian team.
The 28-year-old has signed a contract until 2026.
The winger is now playing there with his national team colleague Lorenzo Insigne, who also moved to Toronto this summer.
Bernardeschi has appeared 39 times for the Azzurri and was European champion last year.
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Juventus Turin continues to court defender de Ligt
According to a media report, the Italians want to change their offer in transfer poker between Juventus Turin and FC Bayern Munich for Juve defender Matthijs de Ligt.
The Turin club management wanted to convince the Dutchman and his advisor with a salary increase to extend his contract until 2025, reported the "Gazzetta dello Sport".
So far, it was considered agreed that de Ligt would prefer to switch to the German record champions.
According to the report, the Bianconeri would also be willing to lower the release clause from 120 million euros to 90 million euros.
But that would still put her above the offer from Munich for the 22-year-old (60 million euros plus 10 million euros bonus).
Transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano soon expected a new offer from the Bavarian capital, as he wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
Draxler not in Paris Saint-Germain squad for Japan trip
Julian Draxler is not part of French champions Paris Saint-Germain's squad for a trip to Japan in preparation for the new season.
This emerges from the squad published by PSG, which, unlike Draxler, includes the German selection player Thilo Kehrer.
The 25-man squad is led by stars Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi and Neymar.
The announcement did not explain why Draxler is not there.
There had been reports a few months ago that Draxler and Kehrer were among a number of professionals that PSG wanted to part with before the new season.
The star ensemble got a new coach in Christophe Galtier during the summer break.
Draxler has been playing for Paris since the beginning of 2017, the 28-year-old midfielder's contract runs until 2024. The 25-year-old Kehrer came to PSG in the summer of 2018, the defender's working paper is valid until 2023. Both can have hopes for autumn to belong to the German squad for the World Cup finals in Qatar.
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