RB Leipzig are set to beat AC Milan to the signing of Mohamed Simakan from Strasbourg.
The Bundesliga side have agreed a €15 million (£13m/$18m) deal with the French club, Goal understands, and he is expected to have a medical in Germany in the next week. The centre-back will not be moving to Leipzig until the summer, however.
Simakan, 20, is expected to succeed Dayot Upamecano at Leipzig, whose agent said on Sunday that he is likely to leave the German side at the end of the season. Bayern Munich have confirmed they have had positive talks with the France international, though the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and Real Madrid are also rumoured to want him.