Higuain undergoes medical at Milan

MILAN: Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci has arrived in Turin for a medical ahead of a return to Juventus from AC Milan while Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain is set to move in the opposite direction, the Serie A clubs said.

Milan said Higuain, who has spent two seasons at Juventus, had also arrived for his medical.

“Look who’s in Milan ready for medicals...” the club said on Twitter in a post accompanied by a photograph of Higuain in a Milan training shirt yesterday.

Juventus said on their website (www.juventus.com) that Bonucci, who spent seven seasons at the club before joining Milan a year ago in a

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40mil (RM190mil) move, had arrived in Turin for his medical. Higuain moved to Juventus in

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2016 for 90mil (RM425mil) after scoring a record 36 Serie A goals in the previous season for Napoli and his sudden departure infuriated that team’s supporters.

The 30-year-old has won Serie A and Coppa Italia titles in each of his two seasons with Juventus and scored 55 goals in 105 appearances in all competitions, including 40 goals in 73 outings in Serie A.

Bonucci’s return to Juve would reunite him with Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini, who together formed the so-called ‘BBC’ defence, which proved to be one of Europe’s most formidable rearguards. — Reuters