Nkunku to Leipzig: Milan set for a paid loan exit

Christopher Nkunku is ready to leave Milan and return to Leipzig. Calciomercato.com ran the "here we go", reporting an agreement with the Rossoneri for a paid loan worth 3.5 million euros.

The trail had been flagged by La Gazzetta dello Sport, which described Nkunku as increasingly close to a return to Leipzig on a paid-loan formula. In recent days the paper already placed the French forward on the brink of the German move.

Eurosport.it laid out the shape of the deal: Milan are waving goodbye to Nkunku, who will play for Red Bull Leipzig, and the outlet detailed the figures and the structure of the sale, as well as what the Rossoneri will bring in.

The turning point came on the evening of 23 August, when Calciomercato.com headlined "Christopher Nkunku - Leipzig, here we go", reporting an agreement with Milan for a paid loan worth 3.5 million euros.

In the background remains the German connection underlined by Gianluca Di Marzio: on the morning of 24 August the reporter described ongoing contacts between Nkunku's entourage and Leipzig, with the Germans dreaming of bringing him back to the Bundesliga on loan with an option.

For the Frenchman it would therefore be a return to the club where he had already grown and made his name, before his latest spell in the Milan shirt. According to the sources, the direction of the move is now set: Nkunku towards Leipzig, Milan towards banking the loan fee.

The formal steps remain to be completed: the official announcement, the medical and the filing of the paperwork. But the tone of the reports, from Calciomercato.com's "here we go" to the push described by Di Marzio, points to a deal now in its closing stretch.

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