Italian giants AC Milan are keen on sorting out the final details of their bid for Nigeria international winger Samuel Chukwueze after the his decision to open talks regarding a move to the Serie A giants next season, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Chukwueze is into the final 12 months of his deal with Villarreal and with no talks over an extension despite his performance last season, which was his best in terms of goals contribution as he ended it with 13 goals and 11 assists from 50 games.
Villarreal are open to letting him leave for less than his buy out clause of €60m and talks have been held in that regard with Milan seeing their first bid for the 24 year old Nigerian rejected. A second bid will be lodged this week and it will be close to the €40m mark that Villarreal wants for his services.
The camp of the Nigerian have also been in talks with the Italian side where his proposed wages have been discussed extensively. Milan have made it known that they won’t be willing to go above a salary of €4m a year.
They are hopeful that an agreement can be reached on that front to enable them focus on getting the deal done with Milan. For now they are the only team who have made a firm bid for his services although other teams have shown interest as well.
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