Christian Pulisic poised to leave Chelsea for Milan in £18.8m transfer

• Final details being discussed for Pulisic to follow Loftus-Cheek
• American in line to be eighth first-team player to depart

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, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Fikayo Tomori have made the same move in recent years.