AC Milan officially announced the signing of 32-year-old German centre-forward Niclas Füllkrug on loan from West Ham United. The six-month loan deal includes a buyout clause of up to €5 million.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: NICLAS FÜLLKRUG
The German forward joins the Rossoneri on a loan deal with an option to buy
AC Milan is delighted to announce that Niclas Füllkrug has joined the Club on loan from West Ham United, with an option to make the move permanent.
Born in Hanover, Germany on 9 February 1993, Niclas Füllkrug came through the Werder Bremen youth academy and spent his early playing career in Germany, featuring for Greuther Fürth, Nürnberg and Hannover 96 before returning to Werder Bremen in 2019. In the summer of 2023 he joined Borussia Dortmund, where he made 42 appearances and scored 15 goals in a single season, three of them in the Champions League – a competition in which he also started in the final against Real Madrid. After his spell with Borussia, the German striker made the switch to the Premier League, joining West Ham United. In November 2022, Füllkrug earned his first call-up to the senior national team and was included in Germany's squad for the World Cup in Qatar.
Niclas Füllkrug will wear the number 9 shirt.
