Liverpool are eyeing a move for Kalidou Koulibaly ahead of the summer transfer window.

It comes after agent Vincenzo Morabito admitted there was a strong chance the centre-back leaves Napoli this summer.

The Senegal international has regularly been linked with a move to the Premier League  during his time in Serie A.

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Manchester United and Chelsea are other clubs to have taken an interest in the former Genk star.

But Liverpool are ready to ramp up their efforts to land the 29-year-old, who has been tipped to leave Napoli this summer with the club in financial trouble amid the Covid pandemic.

And Morabito, who represents a number of players that do not include the defender, has revealed how this is a good time for Koulibaly to leave Naples after seven years at the club.

“I believe that for Koulibaly it could be a good year to leave,” he told Calcio Mercato.

“Liverpool will go heavily and, at the moment, I think there is a big possibility that Koulibaly will be able to leave Napoli.”

It follows comments made last week by Morabito, where he insisted Liverpool were winning the race for the defender.

“Koulibaly and Fabian Ruiz are on their way out: if they were to be sold, two other high-level players would arrive,” he told Radio Marte.

“There are concrete interests for both, but the post-Covid prices will be downwards.

“Liverpool is in pole for Koulibaly, and it is also the club that can satisfy De Laurentiis economically.”

Jurgen Klopp is desperate to sign a defender this summer after problems he faced this year with Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip all suffering long-term injuries.

RB Leipzig star Ibrahima Konate is also strongly linked but the Bundesliga club are not budging during negotiations.