There are increasingly insistent rumours that Kylian Mbappe will join Real Madrid in the summer, and that may reportedly spark a domino effect involving Rafael Leao.
This morning’s edition of Corriere dello Sport (via MilanNews), the feeling is that Mbappe will leave PSG this summer at the end of his contract and will sign with Real Madrid , the club where he has always declared that he wanted to play.
It is a movement which, if it materialises, will also affect Milan because Leao is at the top of their list of targets to replace the Frenchman.
In the event that Mbappè actually signs on a free transfer for Real Madrid – in a deal worth over €400m over the next five years – then PSG director Luis Campos wants Leao.
He brought Leao from Sporting CP to Lille when he worked for Les Dogues, and PSG could present a ‘mega offer’ this summer for the Portuguese winger, who they saw up close in the Champions League this season.
A possible negotiation will start on the basis that Leao has a €175m release clause which was inserted as part of his renewal last year, but it is well known that the Parisians have plenty of money.
The feeling is that a series of offers worth €100m could arrive from Paris and that Milan, at that point, will have to think about whether to accept them or not. Much will also depend on the will of the player.
One thing is now known: the Rossoneri do not consider anyone untransferable if a right offer arrives, as the case of Sandro Tonali last summer teaches this.
Leao has never expressed the desire to leave and he is also the highest paid in the squad, but if the management were to deem a hypothetical offer to be fair, they could accept it and have a big summer budget.
