Rafael Leao is recovering from a soleus injury which he picked up during the Coppa Italia victory against Bari in mid-August. He is working hard to be available to head coach Massimiliano Allegri for the next Serie A clash with Napoli.
Meanwhile, he has sat down with those at 'Say Less' podcast and discussed several topics, including the negative experience he had to endure while hoping to get his chance to play for Benfica.
Here are Leao's words:
"Benfica wanted to sign me. My father said yes, he is a Benfica fan also. Benfica signed, but my father at the time had no car, no way to go to the training. Benfica said: 'Sign the contract, we have the van for your kid. We can pick you up from the school to the training. Waiting for the van, the van didn't come. Second day, third day. Nobody came. One week... I started crying. I didn't do one training session. So, we decided to sign with Sporting CP."
