Milan have started talks with Irish Under-17 captain Cathal Heffernan and a deal could be reached soon.
The 16-year-old Irish defender is highly rated amongst European clubs and has been training with Atalanta and Roma recently, enjoying his time in Italy. He also spent some time training with Bayer Leverkusen.
As reported by The Sun Ireland, Heffernan has been in Milan for the past few days for talks with the Rossoneri and things have been moving ahead positively, suggesting that a deal may be close.
The Irish teenager is considered to be one of Cork City’s brightest youth prospects and he’s recently broken into the first team, playing 18 minutes in a league match against Galway United back in October.
He could become the third Irish teenager to make the move down to the Italian peninsula in recent months, with Kevin Zefi joining Inter and James Abankwah signing for Udinese recently.
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