Manuel Locatelli has left AC Milan to join fellow Serie A outfit Sassuolo on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy, the club confirmed on Monday.
The 20-year-old midfielder featured 17 times for Rossoneri last season in the Italian top flight as the San Siro club almost missed out on European qualification after endangering themselves with FFP regulations.
It was thought that boss Gennaro Gattuso could once again utilise the Italy Under-21 international for the upcoming term in a similar way to the back end of last year.
However, as Milan stated via their official website on Monday, that will not be the case, with the player leaving the club initially on a one-year loan which will become a permanent switch at the end of the agreement.