Kalidou Koulibaly is set snub a move to Chelsea by penning a new Napoli deal.
According to reports in France, the Senegalese international defender will ink a new contract this week to end boss Antonio Conte‘s pursuit of the 25-year-old.
It comes as the second Blues blow of the weekend after Everton boss Ronaldo Koeman claimed Romelu Lukaku wants to stay at Goodison Park.
Koulibaly still has three years left on his current deal with the Naples club, with the Serie A outfit flush with cash after the £75m sale of Gonzalo Higuain to rivals Juventus.
And they are keen to get the player to commit his long-term future to the club and end Blues’ summer-long hunt.
Conte is in the market for a centre-back with Kurt Zouma out injured until the 2017 and club captain John Terry turning 36 in December.