NEWCASTLE are closing in on the £65million transfer of Sandro Tonali after the AC Milan star agreed a whopping £8m-a-year contract.
Eddie Howe’s side have been chasing the 23-year-old Italian international over the past few days.
They had an initial £50m bid rejected by Milan for the defensive midfielder.
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Now Gianluca Di Marzio says that he has agreed a six-year package with Newcastle.
Now all that remains to be sorted in the fee.
He claims that the Magpies have offered £60m with a further £4.3m in add-ons.
However, Milan are demanding another £4.3m on top of that, which could take the deal up to £69m in total.
Talks are believed to have been completed between the Premier League side and the player’s representatives on Wednesday.
Tonali’s agent Giuseppe Riso has secured his client, who is away on international duty with Italy at the U21 European Championships, a wage increase of more than double the £75,000-a-week he is on at the San Siro.
Now Toon chiefs are thrashing it out with their Milan counterparts in order to finalise the stunning transfer move.
Tonali is due to feature for his country tonight in their Euro opener against France.
He came through the ranks with Brescia and broke into their first-team as a teenager as they won Serie B in 2019.
The ace continued to shine in the top-flight before Milan swooped to sign him initially on loan in the 2020/21 campaign.
That move was made permanent at the end of that season and he has made over 100 appearances for the club since, helping them to Serie A title success 12 months ago.
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