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title: "Manchester City: Fans urge club to sign £101m defender Kalidou Koulibaly"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-fans-urge-club-to-sign-101-million-defender-kalidou-koulibaly/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2019-12-11T20:10:12Z"
modified: "2019-12-11T20:10:12Z"
---

# Manchester City: Fans urge club to sign £101m defender Kalidou Koulibaly

**According to a report from AreaNapoli.it via Sports Witness, as tweeted by [Man City Superbia](https://twitter.com/superbiaproeiia/status/1204428680845504514?s=21), Manchester City could be front-runners along with Tottenham to sign star defender Kalidou Koulibaly for €120m (£101m) as soon as January.**

The Senegalese centre-back has reportedly told the club he wants to leave, but it would only be for the price of £101m with Napoli chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis setting a firm cost in order to profit off top clubs begging for his signature.

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City, in particular, are in dire need of defensive reinforcement following a disjointed campaign so far – [picking up four losses](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/table) in the league already this season and barely showing the form which won them a first ever domestic treble in 2018/2019.

Koulibaly, [among other options](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-transfer-skriniar-ake-17044733), has been seen as a potential solution to their centre-back woes – with Aymeric Laporte sidelined [until after the New Year](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1212000/man-city-injury-news-aymeric-laporte-update).

As a result, supporters have encouraged the move on Twitter – here is what they had to say.

> I would pay anything to get him tbh. We need him or soyuncu imo
>
> — Kristian Redmond (@RedmondKristian) [December 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/RedmondKristian/status/1204433859217166336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> get it done
>
> — Woots (@stevewootton\_) [December 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/stevewootton_/status/1204430839481798657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Money doesn’t matter really. Nobody for any value can offer what Koulibaly will provide in the backline. Koulibaly can easily shore the defense for next 5 years which provide ample time for THB & Garcia to develop. Koulibaly is not a luxury, it’s a necessity.
>
> — Footballism (@Footballism16) [December 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/Footballism16/status/1204459575753105408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> In this day and age, you can easy get a CB to 35 as a squad player.. 100m over 7 years is a no brainer for this lad.
>
> — Gaz / wkdsoul (@FMwkdsoul) [December 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/FMwkdsoul/status/1204468367505145857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Would take him whatever the price is tbh
>
> — Marcus🇳🇴 (@Marcusevv) [December 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/Marcusevv/status/1204473726571569152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He’s all we need.. 💪
>
> — Vipül (@vipulpal21) [December 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/vipulpal21/status/1204701009345306624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)