sport news Kalidou Koulibaly reveals John Terry HUNG UP on him when he called him to ask ... trends now

Kalidou Koulibaly revealed a disbelieving John Terry initially hung up on him when he called the Chelsea legend for permission to inherit his old shirt number.

The No 26 has significance to £34million summer signing Koulibaly as well as Terry, with it being his old Napoli number but also the Senegal captain and his wife Charline Oudenot being born on the same day - June 20 - in the same hospital in France.

The video of a nervous Koulibaly asking Terry if he could take on the shirt that had been unoccupied since the latter's departure in 2017 surfaced on social media this week and he said: 'In the beginning, he didn't believe it was me. He thought it was a joke so he put down the phone and called the team manager to ask if it was really me.

'After I asked him respectfully that I wanted to take his number - and I know it was for him a very important number - but it is an important number for me because I took it directly when I went to Napoli and I wanted to keep it here at Chelsea. When he told me yes, I was really happy because I know what he did for the club, the supporters, and the city here.

'It was very important for me to ask him and he gave me his answer. I was happy and I wanted to tell everybody that I asked him before because I don't want to be disrespectful to a legend of the club.'

Had things developed differently, Koulibaly, 31, and Terry could have been Chelsea team-mates before the latter left.

'I spoke with [former Chelsea manager Antonio] Conte in Roma - he wanted me after my first good year in Napoli,' Koulibaly explained.

'I had three or four years left on my contract with Napoli and I don't like to fight with my

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