Rafael Leao is ready to snub interest from Chelsea because he wants to renew his contract with AC Milan, according to a report.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews), Chelsea have been linked with a move for Leao but they have never called Milan or presented an official bid for for the Portuguese star, and even if they did they would likely be met with a stern response.
What filters from Milan is that the club absolutely do not want to sell the former Lille man, who was named the Serie A MVP last season. Instead, they want to move forward with the player by agreeing a renewal.
That means that if Chelsea were serious about signing Leao, they would have to invest €150m which is the figure of his release clause, inserted upon his arrival from Ligue 1 back in the summer of 2019.
The situation regarding Leao is a complicated one as he must pay €16.5m to Sporting CP after unilateral termination of his contract in 2018. He also has two representatives: the super agent Jorge Mendes plus a lawyer very close to his father.
Milan remain positive regarding a renewal though as the Rossoneri spoke to Leao’s agents and will talk with them again at the end of September, after the closing of the takeover.
Leao’s contract expires in June 2024 and the legal issues make everything very delicate, but the parties want to move forward together and that is a good starting point.
Getting strong Kessie vibes from all this, positive signs, player wants to stay etc, but hey lets talk about it in a few months…I cant renew right now, in a few months time i will be ready to renew dw its all good.
Mendez engineering this to come down to the last year of the contract, he can smell those commissions. If he has not renewed by end of Dec he is leaving imo.
Tôi đồng ý. Chúng ta cần giải quyết theo cách mạnh mẽ nhất nếu không muốn bị lặp lại. Mendes không đơn giản.
Leao wants to stay? BS. AAAaaaand even if he did, it’s Mendes who is calling the shots and he says he’ll get better money elsewhere so Leao is therefore going elsewhere. Nothing we can do about it. That’s just how these things go.
“Mendez engineering this to come down to the last year of the contract, he can smell those commissions. ”
Mendes won’t wait 2 years. He wants his share now and therefore is working on Chelsea to make a bid. He will get his cut even if Leao still has a valid contract. The agents don’t only “feed off” from contractless players – they can demand their commissions even on paid transfers and that’s what he’s doing now too.
Can we sell him please and cash in
Correction: The 150M€ clause WAS effective until June 2022 but not anymore. At least that was written on another “news” site.
Bench him until he renews.
Milan must act tough in this regard. The guy is a wonderful player and whats even better, considering his tender age, still have ample room for improvement. Alongside Tonalli, Hernandez, Tomori, Maignan, Kalulu and CDK (I’m certain of it), he can be one of cornerstones of our future. We must keep him.
All Milan fans are grateful for what leao did for Milan. But if renewal doesn’t happen within the next few days, Leao has no intention of renewing and we need to sell him to Whoever offers anything above 100mil by the end of this window.
Club ALWAYS comes first. Doesn’t matter how big of a Goat anyone is.
Leao is now a GOAT? LOL. Someone’s delusional.
First you put him in the same class as Maradona, Pele & Messi and now you are hinting that his GOAT. He’s a One Season Wonder at this point. He hasn’t YET proven otherwise.