Christopher Nkunku Prefers Joining RB Leipzig Over Newcastle United

TLDR

• Newcastle United has made a better offer to AC Milan for Christopher Nkunku, but the player prefers to join RB Leipzig.
• Nkunku is not in coach Ruben Amorim's plans and has not been assigned a jersey number for the current season.
• He is on the transfer market one year after joining Milan from Chelsea for a fee of €37 million plus add-ons, having scored eight goals and provided three assists in 35 competitive matches.
• Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano confirmed that both Newcastle United and RB Leipzig are in direct communication with Milan, but negotiations have not progressed significantly.
• Despite Newcastle's better terms, Nkunku prefers to return to RB Leipzig, where he had a successful stint scoring 70 goals and providing 56 assists in 172 matches from 2019 to 2023.