Tottenham defender Emerson Royal's transfer to AC Milan has finally entered the final stage.

Italian transfer market expert Gianluca Di Marzio said on the 7th, "AC Milan is moving in the transfer market to strengthen its right-back and midfielder. AC Milan and Tottenham are gradually narrowing their differences in their positions in negotiations to recruit Emerson."

"The agreement between the parties is close. The transfer fee gap is also very low. It is less than 1 million euros. Milan expects that the negotiations will be completed within the next few hours. The Emerson negotiations, which AC Milan coach Paulo Fonseca is waiting for, could be concluded as early as today evening or tomorrow."

Fabrizio Romano, another European transfer market expert, also said on the 7th, "AC Milan and Tottenham are scheduled to hold a final meeting tomorrow to finalize their contract with Emerson Royal. With the additional bonus of 15 million euros, Emerson has a higher chance of becoming AC Milan's new player."

What AC Milan and Tottenham are currently agreeing on is the transfer fee, and according to local reports, the negotiations are expected to be concluded with a bonus clause of 2 million euros (about 3 billion won) for 15 million euros. Although it does not reach the previously requested transfer fee of 20 million euros (about 30 billion won), Tottenham also seems to have lowered the price from its existing demand as other clubs are not interested in recruiting Emerson.

Emerson's transfer was inevitable. With the arrival of a new big prospect named Archie Gray, Emerson's position has become even narrower. During the pre-season, coach Enze Postecoglou caught the eye of Zed Spence as he suddenly showed good performance.

While Pedro Porro has already established himself as a starting right-back, Emerson has lost competitiveness at full-back. He is also the most behind as a backup sent-back, so Emerson wanted to move to a team that would allow him more playing time. Tottenham also wanted Emerson dispatched.

Emerson said, "I want to play consistently. I don't want to be in the bench. I've always been professional. But I told coach Enze Postecoglou at Tottenham that I want to play and if I can't do that, I have to look for other options," adding that he had already informed the club and the manager that he would seek a transfer.

Amid the atmosphere in which the negotiations with AC Milan are finally concluded, Emerson will leave Tottenham for the first time in three years. Emerson's farewell match to Torton is highly likely to be a match between Bayern Munich on the pre-season tour of Korea.