Chelsea, Manchester United and Newcastle United are chasing Werder Bremen’s Karim Coulibaly for the summer. 

The 18-year-old’s rise at the Bundesliga side has seen clubs across Europe take notice and this includes Chelsea, Manchester United and Newcastle United.

He joined Werder Bremen’s youth system on a free transfer in July 2024, after six years at Hamburg.

The German club promoted him to their first team at the start of this season, and he has been a regular since then.

His Bundesliga stats are as follows:

• Appearances: 22
• Starts: 20
• Total minutes: 1,762
• Minutes per game: 80
• Clearances per game: 4.3
• Ball recovered per game: 25
• Duels won per game: 3.0

Last month, Sport Witness covered claims from Germany of Newcastle United’s interest in the centre-back.

Chelsea have concrete transfer interest

Sky Deutschland now cover the latest on Karim Coulibaly’s interested parties and Werder Bremen’s stance.

Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Napoli have all sent their scouts to watch him live in action. Among these clubs, Liam Rosenior’s side ‘in particular are showing concrete interest’.

The Germany U21 international’s development at the Bundesliga side have convinced the...