Leeds United and AC Milan have been in a race to sign Charles De Ketelaere from Club Brugge. Eventually, the talented Belgian starlet joined the Rossoneri after an agreement between the champions of Italy and the champions of Belgium had been found finally.
Leeds United owner, Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani, has spoken about De Ketelaere and said the following to the microphones of The Athletic:
"He was our icing on the cake, the special player, but we were competing with AC Milan. They won the title, they have the Champions League. The fact that he was watching our documentary and was 50-50 about Milan or Leeds for a period makes me proud that we are in the right direction. Maybe I should have gone to Belgium 10 days (earlier) to close the deal. We had a period when I knew Milan were sleeping because of the change of ownership and I hesitated. We were agreed with Bruges on €40million."
