Posted: 10:30 a.m., July 16, 2022 | Updated: 12:16, July 16, 2022
John Terry has heaped praise on Kalidou Koulibaly after the Senegalese captain joined Chelsea. Koulibaly was officially announced as Chelsea’s latest signing on Saturday morning after joining from Napoli for £34million. He played 317 games in eight seasons for the Italian club and won the Copa Italia in 2020. Central defender Kalidou Koulibaly has signed for Chelsea from Napoli in a £34m deal. Responding to Chelsea’s Instagram post announcing the signing, Terry said: “Welcome to Chelsea. Good luck mate,’ before adding in another post: ‘The top signing is.’ Koulibaly will be a welcome addition to a club that looked short of centre-backs after losing Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger. At the 31-year-old’s official unveiling, he said: “I’m very happy to be here with this team at Chelsea. John Terry hailed Senegal captain as ‘top signing’ and wished him ‘good luck’ “They are a great team in the world and my dream has always been to play in the Premier League. Chelsea came first to sign me in 2016 but we didn’t make it. “Now when they came to me I accepted it because they really wanted me to come to the Premier League to play for them.” Koulibaly is the second big summer signing for Thomas Tuchel after bringing in Raheem Sterling earlier this week. He leaves Chelsea’s squad in reasonable shape heading into next season, but could still do with an out-and-out striker after the loss of Romelu Lukaku.
