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AC Milan complete £17.2m deal for Ruben Loftus-Cheek from Chelsea… as midfielder becomes third player to leave the club this summer amid Stamford Bridge exodus

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has agreed to join AC Milan for £17.2m from Chelsea, where he spent nearly two decades.

The midfielder, who struggled for consistent game time after returning from an eye-catching 2017 loan spell with Crystal Palace, will join for an initial fee of £13m with £4.2m from add ons.

Loftus-Cheek's form while on-loan at Palace earned the first of ten call-ups to the England team and inclusion in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the 2018 Russia World Cup.

The Rossoneri, who reached the Champions League semi-finals and finished fourth in Serie A, have been pursuing the 27-year-old since May when they were reported to be in concrete talks that were spearheaded by then-technical director Paolo Maldini.