Former Cagliari star Nainggolan will pocket €5m net per year, according to the outlet, though the Blues offered €6m this summer.
The Rome-based newspaper reports the agreement is finalised and only Daniele De Rossi, who signed a ludicrous contract worth €6.5million per year, will earn more at the club.
Real Madrid to return for Valencia starlet
Despite just one Champions League appearance for Valencia, Real Madrid are targeting Rafa Mir for next summer.
Los Merengues will hope to avoid a transfer ban after their appeal is heard this week and that could open up the possibility of acquiring the 19-year-old in 2017, says AS.
With just one year left on his current deal, Madrid are in a powerful position and hope to add the forward before his star grows too big this year at the Mestalla.
Yaya to perform City u-turn?
Yaya Toure's future appeared bleak at the Etihad after Pep Guardiola refused to include the Ivorian in his Champions League squad.
But Toure is prepared to knuckle down instead of flirting with some of Europe's biggest clubs from January, when he will be able to sign a pre-contract deal ahead of a free transfer in summer 2017.
The Mail believes the former Barcelona star will look to win over the Spaniard in the next few months, rather than merely surrender the final few months of his City career. Toure's agent has warned of a mass exodus of fans to the Red side of Manchester because of the Ivorians' treatment by Guardiola, but perhaps it's not too late to save the Toure minions at Man City.