AC Milan are now very close to signing Youssouf Fofana from AS Monaco after an improved offer was submitted, according to Fabrizio Romano.
The Fofana saga has certainly dragged on longer than the Milan management probably hoped for, but they have always remained confident that Monaco’s resistance would be lowered and that they would eventually land their No.1 midfield target on more favourable terms.
According to Fabrizio Romano, Milan are closing in on the Fofana deal and the Frenchman is now just ‘one step away’ from becoming the fourth signing of the summer, after Alvaro Morata, Strahinja Pavlovic and Emerson Royal.
The journalist states that the Rossoneri ‘improved the structure of their bid’ and that an agreement with AS Monaco is now ‘very close’. Work is in progress to get the deal done this week, and Fofana ‘only wanted Milan’ from the minute they came forward.
He also adds that there will be the famous ‘Here we go, soon’, and it seems as though Milan will indeed get the man that they have wanted for months to add some defensive presence to the midfield department.
Thiago Scuro, Monaco’s Director of Football, commented on the Fofana situation yesterday and suggested that a move was close given his lack of involvement in training and preseason games.