Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis says he “erected a wall” to keep Kalidou Koulibaly at the club.

The centre-back was heavily linked with a move away in the summer, with Chelsea and other Premier League clubs said to be interested.

“I have a beautiful squad, I’ve always thought that,” De Laurentiis told Il Mattino.

“[Coach Carlo] Ancelotti always changes his line-up and that surprises our opponents. I like the fact that we push with one full-back and then the other, like that it’s all so unpredictable.

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Napoli centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly is “currently the best defender in the world, better even than Sergio Ramos,” said Guglielmo Stendardo.

The former Juventus, Lazio and Atalanta defender spoke to Radio Kiss Kiss about his admiration for K2.

“Koulibaly is currently the best defender in the world. The only one who gets close to him is Sergio Ramos, who is in my view physically inferior to the Napoli man, who is a perfect athlete.

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Spanish paper AS claims that Barcelona are eyeing Serie A for their next defender, either Inter’s Milan Skriniar or Kalidou Koulibaly of Napoli.

The Blaugrana are on the look-out for defensive reinforcements and seem to have identified two targets currently playing in Italy.

AS have pointed towards Koulibaly as the first choice, but Napoli want at least €100m for the Senegal international, who recently signed a new contract.

Skriniar is currently discussing a new deal with Inter and has also attracted interest from the Premier League.

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Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly was sent back from international duty with Senegal due to “a small lesion” in the thigh muscle.

The centre-back returned home early as a precaution and the chief medic of the Senegal team told Radio Marte some details.

“Koulibaly arrived already carrying an injury after Sunday’s Serie A game,” explained Pape Fedhior.

“He had tests to evaluate the extent of the injury and found a small lesion between the small and large adductor.

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Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly has been sent home early from international duty with Senegal due to injury.

The centre-back will not take part in the planned matches with Senegal after he was diagnosed with muscular problems.

He’ll return to base and undergo tests with the Napoli medical staff.

Koulibaly is the second Napoli player to return early after Sebastiano Luperto from the Italy Under-21 side.

Lorenzo Insigne is expected to start tonight in Italy’s friendly against Ukraine.

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Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly is reportedly a prime transfer target for Barcelona, who scouted him against Liverpool.

The Senegal international was a rock in the 1-0 Champions League victory, completely neutralising Mohamed Salah and Bobby Firmino.

Liverpool didn’t get a single shot on target at the Stadio San Paolo and the performance of K2 particularly impressed Ariedo Braida.

The Barcelona director was in the stands for this game and, according to Spanish papers Sport and Mundo Deportivo, recommended they invest in Koulibaly.

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Kalidou Koulibaly’s former agent claims Barcelona ‘like’ the Napoli defender, who ‘can play for any team in the world’.

Koulibaly ended speculation about his future by signing a new contract with Napoli, but Bruno Satin – who until now had represented the stopper – revealed Barca were still following his ex-client.

“Are Barcelona interested in Koulibaly? Everyone saw how good he was on Wednesday,” he told Radio CRC.

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Kalidou Koulibaly said Napoli’s Champions League victory over Liverpool will allow them to “look to the future with more confidence.”

The Partenopei are the only side in their group still unbeaten, as after a 0-0 draw away to Red Star Belgrade, Lorenzo Insigne snatched the late winner this evening.

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Juventus reportedly risk a partial closure of the Allianz Stadium, after racist chanting was heard in the win over Napoli on Saturday.

The Bianconeri won 3-1 to move six points clear of Carlo Ancelotti’s side, in front of a sold-out crowd in Turin.

Sadly though, Gazzetta dello Sport reports that FIGC observers reported racist chanting aimed at Partenopei centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly.

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Marek Hamsik reveals Napoli “were convinced the Scudetto would finally be ours” after their victory away to Juventus. “We felt invincible.”

They meet again today and it kicks off at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT), click here for a match preview.

When Kalidou Koulibaly’s towering late header gave Napoli the victory in Turin 160 days ago, the team was greeted at the airport deep into the night by thousands of cheering supporters.

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