Koulibaly: If Napoli win the title, it will be mine too

After seven years at Napoli, the 31-year-old Koulibaly decided to join

last summer. The Senegal international said he still supports his former team in an interview with Il Corriere Della Sera newspaper.

“My cycle was over I had given it all, but I feel every goal and every victory. This is also my Napoli, I am happy to have contributed to the team’s growth,”

Koulibaly said.

“I talk about Napoli’s victories with my Chelsea teammates. I am proud of them, I often talk to Anguissa and Osimhen and I text Kvara even if I don’t know him yet.”

Napoli is at top of the Serie A table with five points lead over the second-placed Atalanta. Napoli has not lost in any matches this season and they already have qualified for the Champions League round of 16.

Koulibaly was asked about the differences between the current

team and Maurizio Sarri’s side in 2017-18, which finished in second place with 91 points.

“It was a different football, we were playing incredible football, dominating every game,”

the defender admitted.

“I hope so, but let’s not say it for superstition. If they win it, it will be my title too.

“I don’t think they have improved; they’ve always been strong. Now they are free, they don’t hide behind important players. I have no regrets, they no longer needed me.

“Serie A is balanced, nobody expected Juventus to be so behind. I faced Milan in the Champions League, and they are a strong team.”

Koulibaly admitted that he rejected

in the summer.

“You are saying it,”

he said, smiling.

“That was a jersey I could not wear out of faith and respect."

Chelsea defender also said he could become a Napoli director in the future.

“Who knows, perhaps I could become a Napoli director,”

he admitted.

“I’ve always been polite. If I am at Chelsea, it’s also because of De Laurentiis who brought me to Napoli.”

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