Milan Agree £36m Deal For Chelsea Forward Nkunku

AC Milan person agreed a a £36m woody - including add-ons - to motion Chelsea guardant Christopher Nkunku.

The 27-year-old is expected to judge a salary trim successful bid to subordinate nan Italian broadside connected a five-year statement and has been fixed support to recreation for a medical.

The Blues person besides included a sell-on clause arsenic portion of nan deal, which will extremity Nkunku's two-year enactment astatine Stamford Bridge.

The move will person wider implications for Chelsea, pinch negotiations advancing to motion winger Alejandro Garnacho from Manchester United.

Meanwhile, striker Nicolas Jackson is besides successful talks complete an first indebtedness move to Bayern Munich, which could see an responsibility to buy.

The waste of Nkunku besides intends Chelsea tin boast astir making a profit successful nan transportation market, raising a league-high of an estimated £309m to equilibrium astir £277m successful subordinate purchases.

Player income are important to Chelsea this summertime because of Uefa sanctions which included a good of 31m euros (£26.7m), but besides a request to support a "positive transportation balance" successful this model to registry caller signings for nan Champions League.

Nkunku scored 18 goals and sewage 5 assists successful 62 matches for Chelsea, aft joining from RB Leipzig for astir £52m successful 2023.

The France world leaves having played a important domiciled successful Chelsea winning nan Club World Cup and Conference League this year.