chelsea Werder Bremen are among the clubs pursuing Karim Koulibaly ahead of the summer.
Last Tuesday, Sports Witness Covered claims from Germany Interest from Chelsea and the Bundesliga side setting a €40-50m price tag.
The centre-back initially joined the Bundesliga side's youth team in 2024 and broke into their first-team squad earlier this season.
His Bundesliga statistics this season are as follows:
- Appearances: 23
- Start: 20
- Total minutes: 1,807
- Minutes per game: 79
- Interceptions per game: 0.9
- Tackles per game: 1.0
- Balls recovered per game: 2.4
- Clearances per game: 4.2
- Duels won per game: 3.0
Chelsea's interest backed up
image Now let's say Chelsea 'remains high interest' with Newcastle United, Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille also involved.
Werder Bremen managing director Clemens Fritz told Bild that his side are aware of the growing interest in Karim Coulibaly. However, he did not reveal the names of the 18-year-old girl's loved ones.
"He has really caught the attention in recent weeks and months. There are not many players in Europe who get playing time in a top-five league at his age like Karim does." He said.
Chelsea and others are 'still waiting' before making the next move as his price could drop.
The German U21 international suffered a hamstring injury in February and was ruled out for 27 days.
This caused him to miss three matches and also the league defeat to RB Leipzig on 4 April due to a muscle problem. Due to recent injuries he has been unable to raise his price, which Bild now claims is €45m.
The German club is 15th in the table [18 teams in Bundesliga]Seven points above 17th-placed VfL Wolfsburg. In the event of his demotion, Coulibaly's value could fall further.
Therefore, Chelsea and others have not made any offer for him yet and they are playing the waiting game. As of now, the fee is around €45m and is likely to be reduced if Werder Bremen are not in the Bundesliga next season.
Contract, price and agent information
Karim Coulibaly's contract is until 2029, and his value is, according to transfer marketIs €22m.
Cyprus-based Total Sports agency, headed by agent Nochi Hamasour, is looking after the player's interests and future.
Levi Colville, Trevo Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Mamadou Sarr, Tosin Adarabioyo and Benoit Badiashile make up Stamford Bridge's centre-backs.
The former two have been sidelined with injuries, while Fofana has struggled with fitness issues since joining Chelsea in 2022. Badiashile, who has also suffered injuries, has not been used regularly this season.
Liam Rosenior's side could look to sign a new centre-back in the summer. Koulibaly could be an option, but his recent failures may lead the Blues to take a cautious approach.
