AC Milan have finally agreed a deal with AS Monaco for midfielder Youssouf Fofana and he will soon travel for his medical, according to Fabrizio Romano.
It has been a long and testing negotiation for Milan as they have been in a tug of war with the Ligue 1 side for what feels like months, but over the past 24 hours reports had been suggesting that the parties were moving closer together.
Fabrizio Romano writes: ‘Youssouf Fofana to AC Milan, here we go!’ He adds that the green light just arrived from Monaco on payment terms for what will be a ‘€25m package with add-ons included’.
The France international will sign a four year contract plus the option for further season, which is the same deal that the other three new signings have penned, and that he will travel to Italy for his medical in the next 24 hours.
A lot was written during the negotiations about how Fofana pushed hard for the move, and Romano adds that he has had ‘no doubts since July: he only wanted AC Milan’.
Milan will therefore land their No.1 midfield target and he will arrive to help provide some protection for a defensive line that was often left way too exposed last season.