The Italian defender wanted to become a player in Manchester City.

On the eve of the midfielder of the Italian team was presented as a player in London Chelsea, although before that he practically agreed on the transfer from Manchester City.

According to ESPN, the player and his agent agreed all the terms of the transition to Manchester City, which was to pay for the player 44-49 million euros. But unexpectedly the Neapolitan club received a proposal for a player from Chelsea, which according to media reports was around 65 million.

In Napoli, told the player and the agent that if he does not accept the offer of Chelsea, they will refuse to transfer to the City and leave the player in the club, because he has a valid contract for two years. In this case, the football player himself would be a deep reservist.

It is noted that the City is no longer going to cooperate with Napoli and conduct any negotiations with them. Recall that previously there were rumors about a possible transition to the Italian club of Alexander Zinchenko.