Milan, shoring up Rafael Leao will cost a fortune

Chelsea and Manchester City ready to step up

By now there is nothing but talk about Leao’s future. The Portuguese is contractually bound to AC Milan until June 2024 but, in fact, these are the weeks in which it will become clear where he will play next year.

Chelsea and Manchester City are ready to come forward with definitely rich proposals to snatch him from the Diavolo. In the Rossoneri’s house, the new ownership, is doing the classic “serva’s accounts” to understand how much it would cost to armor the Portuguese class of 1999.

Between compensation to Sporting Lisbon (19 million euros) and monster wages to the player (the entourage wants seven net per year), it comes to a very important figure (about 50 million euros, considering the benefits of the Growth Decree), definitely out of the rossoneri parameters. It is also true that Leao is not the same as everyone else. His talent, united with his very young age, are perhaps worth the sacrifice it takes to retain him.