Newcastle United had to beat competition from Premier League rivals Chelsea to sign Sandro Tonali, and they even put forward some players in exchange.
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As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) reports this morning, Tonali is one step away from becoming a Newcastle player after they sent their sporting director Dan Ashworth to Milan to complete the deal.
The Magpies are offering Tonali a six-year contract worth €8m net per season plus bonuses and the transfer fee is expected to be about €70m, a figure Milan deemed too good to turn down.
Tonali said yes to the move and barring a rather sensational turnaround, he will soon begin a new life in the Premier League in the north east of England.
There is some interesting background from the paper too. Up until 24-48 hours ago, Chelsea were very determined to sign the Italy international and made a cash offer plus a counterpart such as Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek or even Cesare Casadei.
