Newcastle United have made a big bid for Sven Botman but the player would rather join AC Milan, according to a report.
It has been documented by numerous media sources that Milan and Newcastle are battling it out to sign Botman from Lille this summer, with doubts about who is ahead in the race and what official offers have been made, if any.
Fabrizio Romano has told Que Golazo’s podcast (via Transferzone) that Newcastle are indeed pushing for Botman and have submitted a bid of €40m plus add-ons to Lille, which is ‘tempting’ for the Ligue 1 club. However, the player ‘wants a move to AC Milan’.
He went on to give an update on a story that broke yesterday by claiming Milan ‘are currently not in talks’ to sign Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa, despite his agents being spotted at Casa Milan yesterday after a meeting with the management.
