Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly has been criticised for his start to life at Stamford Bridge following his summer arrival from Napoli.
The Senegal international arrived at the club in the summer transfer window in a £34.2m deal, with the Blues paying big to replace Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.
His move to Chelsea brought an end to an eight-year spell in Italy, where he had established himself as one of the best defenders in Europe with a series of impressive performances for Napoli.
He had regularly been linked with a move to the Premier League over the years and Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis continues to claim he turned down €100m from Manchester United at one point.
They, and other suitors, ultimately decided to sign other targets, as there have always been doubts about the defender’s suitability outside of Italy.
That was something regularly seen in the Champions League, when he and Napoli have been found wanting down the years.
Chelsea have seen some of those issues early on in his time with them, and one man who is less than impressed is journalist Ivan Zazzaroni.
“Kim Min-Jae is stronger than Kalidou Koulibaly,” Area Napoli report him saying.
“The South Korean is stronger not because potentially or in absolute values he is, but because he makes fewer mistakes, especially compared to the latest Kalidou Koulibaly seen in England wearing the Chelsea shirt.
“Physically and technically, we know Koulibaly, but in the Premier League, for example, he is now doing badly.
“As Sarri used to say, Kalidou has the ‘built-in blunder’ and has retained this characteristic.
“Kim Min-Jae, on the other hand, doesn’t make mistakes, he is more linear and less powerful than the Senegalese, but with his head he takes them all, he holds his position well and all the clubs in Europe wanted him.”
