Sources: Pulisic nears Milan move; medical set

Christian Pulisic is closing in on a transfer from Chelsea to AC Milan with the United States ahead resulting from bear a medical on the Italian membership inside the subsequent 24 hours, sources informed ESPN.

Pulisic, 24, who joined Chelsea in a £57.6 million ($74.3m) switch from Borussia Dortmund in January 2019, has been informed he has no future at Stamford Bridge by new supervisor Mauricio Pochettino after struggling plenty of accidents throughout his previous two seasons on the membership.

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Premier League rivals Manchester United, Newcastle United and Arsenal all declined the possibility to signal Pulisic this summer time, having been approached about his availability in latest months. Nonetheless, Milan have crushed competitors from Juventus, Lyon and Galatasaray to signal the participant after transferring nearer to Chelsea’s £20m valuation over the weekend.

Sources have informed ESPN {that a} deal between Chelsea and Milan is near being accomplished after the Premier League workforce gave the inexperienced mild for Pulisic to bear a medical.

Chelsea had initially wished to lift near £50m by offloading Pulisic, who scored 26 objectives in 145 appearances for the membership since arriving from Dortmund 4 years in the past.

However the lack of curiosity from inside the Premier League had left the participant with choices in Italy, France and Turkey, prompting Chelsea to scale back their valuation of the ahead.

As soon as accomplished, Pulisic will be a part of Chelsea teammate Ruben Loftus-Cheek at Milan and grow to be the 14th senior participant to go away Stamford Bridge for the reason that finish of final season.

To date, Chelsea have raised £187m in outgoings and can break the £200m barrier as soon as Pulisic formally turns into a Milan participant.