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Darren Lewis

Kalidou Koulibaly issues Olivier Giroud warning ahead of potential Chelsea recall

Kalidou Koulibaly is confident he will prove his worth in a Chelsea shirt - and wants to start by silencing Olivier Giroud.

The ex-Arsenal striker, 36, has scored six goals for AC Milan in 11 games so far this season and is set to bring his Champions League cutting edge to Stamford Bridge. But Koulibaly aims to counter that with his experience in what he hopes will be his first game under new Chelsea boss Graham Potter.

“It’s true Giroud is a big player,” he said. "He showed it in Serie A last year, he scored a lot of goals. At Chelsea, he used to score a lot of goals. I think he did good work winning the Scudetto with AC Milan.

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