Official: Rafael Leão Thread

Nestafan

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Absolute glorious run
 

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This guy is a gem. I wish we can end this renewal saga. He has a lot of room to improve, by being more consistent mainly so ideally he stays with us.
 

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One of the goals of the season.

Similar to the legendary George Weahs goal v Verona. Only real difference was Leao passed in the end. Leao just kept running past players.

It was an exceptional play which very few players in world football could do.
 

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Renew at all costs. The money we get from SF berth alone will cover it.
 

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Another goal running from his own half solo?

I'll take it.
 

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Yeah he is worth pretty much whatever he is asking now. He is gaining popularity through CL and I am quite confident that if he wanted to leave now, teams would be lining up for him and would have no problem paying him 8-10M/year
 

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8-10m/year seems reasonable and we are also willing to help him pay the fine as well. But again his agent would love to make commission from a transfer. Can't really blame either of them, they do what they do for a living and they have to go with the best options (in their views, we can't impose our views on them...). I hope Milan are going all in on this deal and Leao is also factoring in his love for the club when making his decision.

We can't really go out shopping for a winger of his qualities with 40-50m (PLUS 4 YEARS OF SALARIES ON TOP OF THAT) these days. 100m easily gone for a proper Leao's replacement. And then we don't even know if such replacement would actually work in Serie A........ Risks risks risks are present at every step along the way.

Do we scout youngsters, develop them and sell for profits? Or do we keep the best among them and become a Champions League contender year after year? That is a strategic question.

Under Berlusconi the answer would always be obvious. Under American management, I am not sure.
 

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he is THAT guy. in the next 5 years we will put him alongside other milan legends

if the management fails to renew him it'll be because the next season plan is shit and he no longer believe in this club future
 

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Can we just get him to sign now when everybody is in a good mood?
 

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Nothing is done before it's signed.
 

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Bro has scored only vs Napoli and Lecce (twice) in the last 22 games
 

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We persuaded him into renewing but we will definitely lose him for not getting top 4.
 

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The renewal will be a huge deal for us
 

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