Man Utd transfer target Koulibaly ‘tells Napoli owner he wants to leave’ when season ends as £90m price tag put on head
MANCHESTER UNITED have been given a huge transfer boost after defensive target Kalidou Koulibaly reportedly told Napoli he wants to leave.
Ole Gunnar Solskajer is likely to re-assess his options in the summer with his backline, despite Harry Maguire's solid start to his Old Trafford career.
Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo look likely to leave while there are doubts over whether Eric Bailly will ever reach his potential at the club.
Victor Lindelof is steadily improving, while a decision will have to be made with Chris Smalling when he returns from a loan spell at Roma.
Koulibaly has been linked with a move to the Premier League, with United the most likely destination.
And now, according to Il Mattino, Koulibaly has told Napoli club president Aurelio De Laurentiis that he wants to leave in the summer.
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But the player acknowledges his £90million valuation must be met before he exits Serie A.
Italians Napoli had wanted over £100m for their highly rated 28-year-old Senegal centre-back Koulibaly.
But with the club enduring a turbulent season following the December sacking of Carlo Ancelotti, now in charge at Everton, they have taken a more realistic stance over the value of their prize asset.
Controversial owner Aurelio De Laurentiis has been at war with his players this season.
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The club's stars refused to attend a training camp organised by De Laurentiis in November - leading to the madcap movie mogul threatening to dock his stars' wages and put them all up for sale.
De Laurentiis viewed Koulibaly as one of the ringleaders of the rebellion, meaning he is now willing to drop his asking price.
The fallout from the stand-off saw Ancelotti axed and replaced with Gennaro Gattuso but the club are toiling in sixth place in Serie A.