Capello says Chelsea star he thought was 'exploding' showed 'no personality'

Former England manager Fabio Capello says Kalidou Koulibaly surprised him at Chelsea by showing 'no personality'.

Koulibaly joined Chelsea from Napoli for £33m this summer, having been linked with a Premier League move for much of his career.

The Senegalese international was an integral part of Napoli during his eight seasons with the club and Capello believed he would take his 'personality' with him to Chelsea.

But after Koulibaly helped the Blues to a clean sheet in their 3-0 win over AC Milan on Wednesday, Capello said Koulibaly's performance for his new club fell short of what he expected. expected.

"At Chelsea he has no personality," Capello told Sky Sports Italy.

"When he has the ball at his feet, he hesitates. He doesn't play fast, he doesn't do what he did in Napoli.

"In Naples, he commanded, he advanced, he made long passes, now he has the ball between his feet, he does not know who to pass it to and he always plays passes to someone one just a few meters away.

"Actually, he surprises me. I thought he had a great personality, and for Chelsea he would be very important and explode right away. And yet, right now, it's not him."

A bane of a great night for Graham Potter and his team was the injury of Wesley Fofana.

After the £75million summer signing opened the scoring for the Blues at Stamford Bridge, he was sent off in the first half with a knee injury.

Fofana looked dejected as he limped off the pitch, left the stadium on crutches, and Potter admits he is "concerned".

"We'll have to scan him tomorrow and see how he is," Potter said after the game.

"I wouldn't want to speculate on this now, but we are concerned and hope for the best.

"We will support him but we don't know yet, we will have the results of the analysis tomorrow. Fingers crossed. Nothing to report at the moment but that was the only disappointing thing of the evening. "

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