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Exclusive: AC Milan set to land Ivorian starlet despite fake age claims

Exclusive: AC Milan set to land Ivorian starlet despite fake age claims

AC Milan are set to complete the signing of Franck Kessié despite today’s reports claiming that the Ivorian has failed his age test during his medical with the Serie A giants.

African press agency Afrique Press revealed earlier today that Kessie is suspected not to be 20-year-old but to be 26 instead.

Calciomercato.com however, has exclusively learned that the player’s has had positive medical today and that the former Chelsea target is set to put pen to paper on his AC Milan contract tomorrow. Kessie is going to sign a five-year deal with his new club.

The Atalanta starlet is set to undergo further medical tomorrow morning ahead of signing his contract with the rossoneri. Kessie had the first part of his AC Milan medical in Milan’s La Madonnina clinic yesterday completing the second part of medical tests in a clinic outside Milan today.

The Ivorian is set to become the second summer signing of AC Milan after Mateo Musacchio and Wolfsburg’s Ricardo Rodriguez will be the following one.