Italian Milan official surprises Barcelona over Raffaele Leo deal

Barcelona’s probabilities of successful the signing of Portuguese star Rafael Leo for AC Milan have began to decrease, with the membership’s common supervisor saying that promoting Leo is just not on the desk in any respect, at the very least this summer season.

In accordance with the report of the French web site “RMC Sport”, the final supervisor of Milan, Giorgio Forlani, mentioned that these statements made an disagreeable shock for the Catalan staff in the course of the summer season switch.

In an announcement to the French web site, Forlani mentioned: “Rafa Leo will keep at Milan, from our facet, we all know that the participant has not requested to depart Milan.”

Italian and Spanish newspapers thought of the AC Milan administration’s decisive stance a devastating blow to the ambitions of the Catalan membership, who had misplaced all hope of bringing the Spanish star and Athletic Bilbao believed in the opportunity of successful Leo’s signature. Participant Neko Williams.

In accordance with the “RMC Sport” web site, it’s clear that the Milan administration has closed the door completely within the face of Barcelona and barring an ideal shock, Leo will finish his sixth season in Italy.

Actually, though Forlani didn’t make an announcement, it was not straightforward for Joan Laporta’s administration to signal Leo, particularly since Milan demanded round 100 million euros in alternate for promoting their star, prompting Barcelona to search for others. The answer, the primary of which was to contact every staff’s brokers from Frenchman Kingsley Coman, Bayern Munich striker and Juventus striker Italian Federico Chiesa.

It’s value noting that Leo (aged 25) has a contract with Milan till June 2028, having scored 58 objectives in 212 matches in all competitions, after becoming a member of from France’s Lille in 2019.