Christian Pulisic is poised to leave Chelsea for Milan, with final details being discussed on a €22m (£18.8m) transfer for the winger. Subject to a medical the American will follow Ruben Loftus-Cheek in moving from Stamford Bridge to the Serie A club this summer.
Personal terms were agreed weeks ago with Pulisic, who has been pushing to join Milan amid interest from other clubs. Chelsea received a £21.5m bid from Lyon and will be due a percentage of any sell-on fee under the terms of their arrangement with Milan. The excellent relationship between the clubs was crucial to getting a deal done. Olivier Giroud, Tiémoué Bakayoko and Fikayo Tomori have made the same move in recent years.
Pulisic joined Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund for £58m in 2019 and has largely been inconsistent. He helped Chelsea win the Champions League in 2021 but injuries have held him back and he made only 25 appearances last season.
Former Chelsea captain John Terry announced his return to the academy of the Premier League club just less than a month after his stint with Leicester City, where he was the assistant manager. The 42-year-old returned to Chelsea in a coaching consultancy role in 2022 before joining Dean Smith's coaching staff at Leicester in April this year.
Terry's contract at Leicester was not renewed following the side's relegation from the English top flight. "I'm delighted to be back Home working in the academy and continuing my role at the club," Terry, who started his coaching career in 2018 as an assistant manager at Aston Villa, said in an Instagram post. The former defender and five-time Premier League champion won every major trophy during his 19-year stint at Stamford Bridge, making him Chelsea's most successful captain. Reuters
He is in line to be the eighth first-team player to leave Chelsea in their restructure, after Kai Havertz, Mason Mount, Mateo Kovacic, Kalidou Koulibaly, Édouard Mendy, Loftus-Cheek, César Azpilicueta and N’Golo Kanté.
