Senegalese defender Fode Ballo-Toure has signed for AC Milan after completing a $4.4 million transfer from AS Monaco. The 24-year-old has signed a five-year deal with the Rossoneri and will be backup for Theo Hernandez, one of the best left-sided wingbacks in the league.The news arrived a day after there was apparently a breakdown in the negotiations between Milan and Monaco – just as Ballo-Toure was expected to show up for a medical. However, it turned out to be no more than a temporary setback. The former France youth international is red and black!OFFICIAL: Olivier Giroud is the new number ‘nine’ of AC MilanMilan lost two highly important players in Gianluigi Donnarumma and Hakan Calhanoglu, but they are doing their best to try and build a team that will compete at the top of the Serie A this season. The arrival of Ligue 1-winning goalkeeper Mike Maignan from LOSC Lille and Olivier Giroud from Chelsea. Also, they’ve made loans of defender Fikayo Tomori and midfielder Sandro Tonali permanent.Ballo-Toure spent his youth career with Paris Saint-Germain, before moving to LOSC Lille in 2017. Fode made his Ligue 1 debut with Les Dogues and went on to make 47 appearances in one and a half seasons, becoming one of their most reliable performers, and then in January 2019 he moved to Monaco where he has been side his move to Milan, playing 74 games. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fodé Ballo-Touré (@fbtoure_25) Milan’s new number five collected 8 caps with the France U21 team but then made the decision to switch allegiances given his Senegalese origins. He made his Senegal debut in March 2021, and has 4 caps so far.
