Bakaye Traore signs with AC Milan

Nancy have announced that Mali midfielder Bakaye Traore will join AC Milan in the summer.

Traore penned a three-year contract with the Italian club, who will secure the player on a free transfer when his contract expires in June.

Traore had already announced the move on Tuesday, speaking of his delight to have signed for the Serie A side.

“After what I went through, everything that’s happening to me now feels particularly special,” Traore told the FIFA website.

The 27-year-old, who had also been linked with Newcastle and Olympique de Marseille, reached an agreement with Milan in mid-April, but waited for the club to secure their Ligue 1 status before announcing the switch.

Traore has been at Nancy since 2009, when he joined the club from Ligue 2 outfit Amiens.