Chelsea are interested in signing Werder Bremen’s Karim Koulibaly and will face competition from clubs such as Manchester United.<\/strong><\/p>\n TEAMtalk reports that Chelsea have been monitoring the 19-year-old’s development and believe he could be a quality long-term signing and a big return.<\/p>\n The newspaper further reports that Chelsea are already in contract negotiations with the player, with the transfer fee likely to be around 40-50 million euros (about 40-43 million pounds). The German is an incredible talent with a bright future ahead of him, and the investment may be justified in the long run.<\/p>\n Xabi Alonso aims to add defensive quality to his team and believes the 19-year-old has what it takes to succeed in English football. Meanwhile, Manchester United could use further depth in their defense, with the 19-year-old potentially becoming a solid long-term replacement for Harry Maguire. Both Premier League clubs have the financial wherewithal to pay the defender’s asking price, and it remains to be seen how the situation will develop.<\/p>\n The opportunity to play in the Premier League could be exciting for the young defender, but he will need to choose his next destination carefully. He should join a club where he plays regularly. Sitting on the bench at a big club will have a negative impact on his current development.<\/p>\n However, there are also rumors that Bremen want to keep the player for another season, or include a loan-back clause in any potential transfer this summer. It remains to be seen whether interested parties will accept the terms.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lisandro Martinez was lucky not to receive a red card in the match between Manchester United and Chelsea. (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Images) Chelsea are interested in signing Werder Bremen’s Karim Koulibaly and will face competition from clubs such as Manchester United. TEAMtalk reports that Chelsea have been monitoring the 19-year-old’s development and believe he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-49751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}