After a super season which ended by being crowned as champion of Italy and Serie A MVP, Rafael Leao is now followed by several important European clubs who would like to sign him. The club that is showing concrete interest now is Premier League side Chelsea.
According to what is reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper, the Blues might present for the Rossoneri a fee of 120 million euros. The new American owners of Chelsea are very wild on the market and have invested more than 210 million euros in the market so far and wants to continue to give Tuchel players of value.
The contacts so far have only been with Leao's agent, that is, Jorge Mendes It is obviously a very
complicated affair, "Milan has neither the need nor the desire to sell such an important player for the Scudetto, and because of the enormous amount involved. : in addition to the price tag, there are the 16.5 million that the player owes to Sporting Lisbon for the unilateral termination of the contract and 15% for the resale that would end up in Lille. In short, a deal worth 150 million in total. A monstrous figure for everyone, but not for Chelsea", writes La Gazzetta dello Sport today.
For their part, Milan would not want to deprive themselves of their player and are determined to refuse all offers that are not in triple figures and could only capitulate in the face of a proposal close to the 150 million clause.
Chelsea, for their part, have never called Milan. It's only Jorge Mendes who guaranteed that an offer from Chelsea would arrive. Leao, however, wants to stay with the Rossoneri and if he stays, the renewal talks will be reopened in September. At the end of the month, AC Milan, unless there are surprises, will pass to Gerry Cardinale and RedBird and it will be the new owner who will manage a very delicate negotiation. Leao is linked to Milan until June 2024 and obviously aims for an increase and Milan will most likely try to do everything to satisfy him, concludes the report.
