Chelsea ace Christian Pulisic desperate to join AC Milan but Serie A giants offer £8m LESS than transfer rival
CHRISTIAN PULISIC reportedly has his heart set on joining AC Milan – but they need to cough up at least £8million to get him.
The American winger, 24, only has a year remaining on his contract at Stamford Bridge.
He arrived at the Blues from Borussia Dortmund back in 2019 for £58m but he has struggled to become a permanent fixture in the starting XI under the four managers he has played under.
Pulisic has made 145 appearances for Chelsea and scored 26 goals and was part of the 2021 Champions League winning side but has now seemingly been deemed surplus to requirements.
He is set to be part of the huge transfer clearout from the Blues this summer despite seeing a loan move to Manchester United collapse 12 months ago.
Newcastle, Napoli and Juventus have all shown interest in Pulisic but have so far failed to produce a serious offer.
A fresh report now claims that it looks set to come down to a straight fight between Italian side Milan and French club Lyon for his signature.
And the Daily Mail states that the San Siro is the preferred destination for the attacker.
Journalist David Ornstein tweeted an update on the situation, saying that Milan are ready to pay £12m – but the Blues want more.
And he added that Lyon have already tabled a bid of at least £21.5m.
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He tweeted: “AC Milan in direct contact with Chelsea about signing Christian Pulisic. Verbal offer for 24yo in region of €14m.
“Personal terms no issue, but #CFC value attacker higher + also interest from elsewhere.”
Ornstein then revealed: “Chelsea have received written offer from Lyon for Christian Pulisic. €25m (+ meaningful sell-on still being negotiated): a level #CFC would find acceptable.”
Pulisic is still “set on joining AC Milan after they made an offer to Chelsea on Sunday”, but the Italians only offered £12m, says the Mail.
Now they claim that the Serie A giants must get much closer to Lyon’s bid in order to get their man.
They also state that “an outline agreement on a contract” is already done for Pulisic.
And now it remains to be seen whether they return with an improved bid to try and get him to link-up with his former Chelsea team-mates Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Fikayo Tomori and Olivier Giroud at the Rossoneri.
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