Roma and Milan close in on swap deal involving Tammy Abraham and Alexis Saelemaekers | OneFootball

Serie A giants Milan and Roma are now closing in on a late swap deal involving Tammy Abraham and Belgian winger Alexis Saelemaekers.

La Gazzetta dello Sport report that the two clubs are ironing out the last bits of financial details about the transfer and ‘almost everything’ has been defined in a potential swap deal.

Paulo Fonseca had wanted to sign Abraham but he also wanted to keep Saelemaekers. So he is essentially signing a player of his choice and losing one he wanted to keep. A second-choice striker was badly needed by Milan, who have lost Alvaro Morata to injury and Roma are getting a versatile wide player, who was also used at left-back by Fonseca in their Serie A opener.

The deal is expected to go through and Gazzetta seem quite confident, with Abraham previously being close to joining West Ham before issues in his wage demands cropped up.

Kaustubh Pandey I GIFN