The end of the adventure between Rafael Leão and AC Milan seemed written. At the end of May, the Portuguese international (49 caps) was particularly clear in an interview given to Sports TV. “ I think that, personally, I have already given everything I had to Milan. It’s a club that helped me grow a lot, that supported me in difficult times, and fortunately, I also managed to write my name in history. Everyone has dreams and ambitions to have a new challenge in a new championship. And if that happens, I will be very happy and also accomplished because I did my job in Milan », he explained, suggesting that after seven seasons in the Rossonero jersey, it was time to turn the page.
Despite this desire displayed just before the World Cup and which was surprising, AC Milan did not intend to sell him off and hoped to recover between 60 and 70 million euros, while maintaining the hope of convincing him to stay. In the weeks that followed, the Italian press quickly associated his name with several major European clubs. FC Barcelona, Manchester United, Tottenham and several Saudi teams were regularly announced in the footsteps of the Portuguese winger.
No real interest in Leão
Enough to suggest that a battle would quickly begin to recruit one of the most talented players in Serie A. But the reality is much less exciting. According to information from MarcaRafael Leão does not arouse any concrete interest today in Spain, England or Saudi Arabia. Rumors suggesting offensives from the biggest European clubs would therefore be largely exaggerated, none of them having really made progress on the file at this stage of the transfer window, nor really considering the 27-year-old Portuguese as a real offensive option.
Still according to the Spanish daily, the only clubs having shown real interest are… Turkish teams. A scenario far from the ambitions displayed by the Portuguese, who dreamed of a new challenge at the highest European level and who continues to openly flirt with the Premier League. A few weeks before the end of the transfer window, Rafael Leão could thus find himself in an unexpected situation: without a real suitor capable of meeting the sporting and financial demands of the player and the financial expectations of the Rossoneri, the former Lille player could be forced to stay one more season in Italy.
