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Tajon Buchanan’s move from Club Brugge to Italian league leaders Inter Milan in January appears to be close to completion. Sources told TSN that Buchanan will fly to Italy on Thursday to begin the procedure of scheduling a medical examination and finalizing paperwork.
Buchanan’s move to Inter Milan could be worth just $10 million. In an expensive European transfer market, that amount would be considered a reduced price for the Canadian midfielder who made his World Cup debut for Canada and won the Belgian league with Club Brugge in 2022 and made his debut in the round of 16 of last year’s European Championship League.
Though parts of the transfer still need to be finalized, sources close to Buchanan say the 24-year-old is expecting to fight a place in Inter’s starting lineup right away if the deal is completed, particularly on the team’s right flank.
Inter lost right winger Juan Cuadrado to an Achilles injury earlier this season.
Inter showed interest in Buchanan for the first time at the 2022 World Cup, when club representatives tried to schedule meetings with Buchanan and his representation.
Last summer, reports circulated (and several from TSN) that Inter were interested in signing Buchanan as a replacement for defender and right midfielder Denzel Dumfries. Dumfries remained at Inter, but the club continued to keep an eye on Buchanan.
A move to Italy’s Serie A would mark the next step in an immediate promotion for the Brampton, Ontario native. Buchanan selected ninth overall in New England in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, then spent 3 seasons, adding a loan from Club Brugge in 2021. – with the Revolution before moving permanently to Europe in January 2022.
Buchanan made 67 appearances for Club Brugge in two full seasons.
Inter are the most sensible in the Serie A standings lately with forty-five points, two ahead of Juventus. The 19-time Italian champions will also face Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 of the Champions League in February.