Gonzalo Higuain’s transfer from Juventus to AC Milan is “just about” completed, according to the Bianconeri’s general manager Beppe Marotta.
Marotta met with Milan representatives on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the move, and emerged to respond to reporters who asked if a deal had been struck, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Marotta was also in Milan to discuss a swap deal with Juventus centre-back Mattia Caldara heading to the Rossoneri and Leonardo Bonucci returning to Juve just a year after leaving them for Milan.
The agreement between the two clubs is expected to cover all three transfers in one overall operation, with multiple reports in Italy on Wednesday saying agreements for all players had been reached.
The reports claimed Milan would pay €18 million to land Higuain on an initial one-year loan with a clause to make the move permanent for a further €36m (€54m in total). Caldara and Bonucci will reportedly be included as a straight swap.
Earlier, Bonucci’s agent Alessandro Luci had left a meeting with Marotta and Juve’s sporting director Fabio Paratici saying he preferred “not to comment” on what had been discussed.
“We just need to wait,” he said.
Higuain, 30, trained in Turin for the third day running on Wednesday, but left the Continassa training centre in the evening in a car which, according to Mediaset, was taking him to Milan, where he was due to spend the night ahead of a medical on Thursday morning.
Higuain set a new Serie A single-season record of 36 goals for Napoli in the 2015-16 season before joining the Bianconeri in a €90 million deal.
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