Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Sunday that AC Milan and RB Leipzig reached an initial agreement to send Christopher Nkunku to Leipzig on a season‑long loan with a buy option worth roughly €32 million in total.
- Nkunku has told Milan he prefers a return to RB Leipzig after being excluded from Ruben Amorim’s squad and not given a shirt number for the 2026–27 season.
- Reports say personal terms between Nkunku and Leipzig are close and a medical is expected soon, but Milan are holding out for higher offers and remain open to a late bid from Newcastle United.
- Milan favour a paid loan with an option or obligation to buy to manage Nkunku’s reported €5m net wages and avoid booking an immediate capital loss on last summer’s €37m transfer.
- Nkunku’s move would reunite him with the club where he enjoyed his best form (70 goals and 56 assists from 2019–23) and could affect both Leipzig’s attacking options and Milan’s continued squad overhaul under Amorim.