Barcelona Targeting Summer Move for Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly as Javier Mascherano Replacement

Barcelona Targeting Summer Move for Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly 

as Javier Mascherano Replacement

​Barcelona are planning a summer move for Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly as a potential trade for Javier Mascherano. 

The Senegalese focus back's exhibitions in Serie A have gotten the attention this season, prompting hypothesis of an exit. 

Furthermore, after Mascherano declared his goal to leave Barcelona, Il Mattino - through Football Italia - have revealed that Koulibaly could be set for a change to the Nou Camp. 

The 26-year-old is apparently esteemed at around €60m having set up himself as one of Italy's most dependable safeguards. 

Napoli mentor Maurizio Sarri is resolved to keep Koulibaly at the club, and president Aurelio De Laurentiis is accepted to have effectively turned down methodologies from Chelsea and Manchester City. 

Chelsea likewise observed a £50m offer rejected the previous summer for Koulibaly, who had been named in the Serie A Team of the Season close by Leonardo Bonucci. 

Barcelona's advantage comes after the unexpected news that Mascherano is set for a fast approaching flight. 

The Argentine universal affirmed he will convey a conclusion to a seven-year spell in Catalonia, with hypothesis that he will move to the Chinese Super League. 

"I think my phase here is finishing," he said. "It bodes well that after such quite a while there's very little more I can do at this club.