Geoffrey Moncada spoke in an interview (read full statements HERE) about Rafael Leao and how the team to chose to sign him. He also revealed that Donyell Malen and Marcus Thuram were in the shortlist in 2019 as well:
“We made a shortlist, we needed to get a new left-back," he told Milannews.it. "There were some good names (laughs, ed.). There was Leao, there was Malen, there was Marcus Thuram who was at Guingamp… There was this type of profile, physical. Today Leao, Malen and Thuram play at a high level and are doing well. But four or five years ago it wasn't so obvious."
Moncada added:
"Leao was playing at Lille and had only been a starter for six months and we brought him to Milan. It's not easy… In general you are always very hard on players but for me you always have to give them a bit of time”.
