Christopher Nkunku has left Chelsea to affix AC Milan on a five-year cope with the Serie A aspect.
Massimiliano Allegeri’s aspect have swooped in to signal the 27-year-old in a switch reportedly value as much as €42m (£36.2m), plus an agreed sell-on clause.
Milan had been mentioned to be exploring a number of choices up high, with Bayer Leverkusen’s Victor Boniface travelling in for a medical and reported curiosity in Sporting CP’s Conrad Tougher.
However Nkunku emerged as the popular goal and was introduced on Saturday, only a day after Milan secured their first win of the Serie A marketing campaign with a 2-0 victory over Lecce.
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The France worldwide struggled to make a telling influence after arriving at Stamford Bridge from RB Leipzig in 2023.
Nkunku managed simply 18 objectives in 62 appearances for Chelsea, although he featured in six of their seven Membership World Cup video games en path to successful the event.
Nevertheless, he was subsequently neglected of Enzo Maresca’s first two Premier League matchday squads amid reported curiosity from Bayern Munich and former membership Leipzig, earlier than selecting Milan.
He turns into Milan’s eighth signing of the switch window, following the earlier additions of Luka Modric, Samuele Ricci, Ardon Jashari, Pervis Estupinan, Koni De Winter, Zachary Athekame and Pietro Terracciano.
His departure is probably not the final at Stamford Bridge, although, with rising reviews of a mortgage deal for Nicolas Jackson to Bayern, who’re anticipated to finalise that transfer earlier than Monday’s deadline.