Rafael Leao and Theo Hernandez (photo Lapresse)
Milan, Rafael Leao and the shock offer from Saudi Arabia
Milan… under attack. The jewels of the Rossoneri club are currently at the center of rumors that alarm the fans. Not because the company in via Aldo Rossi needs to sell (the balance sheet accounts are more than in order: even profitable in 2023), but because of the indecent proposals that ‘threaten’ the Devil and tempt his stars. Meanwhile, the latest in chronological order is told by Portugal: O Jogo lets it be known that Rafael Leo is in the sights of Al Hilal, the reigning champion team in the Saudi Pro League, Saudi Arabia’s top tournament (with all due respect to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr). After having signed Kalidou Koulibaly, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Ruben Neves, Renan Lodi, Aleksandar Mitrovic (as well as Neymar, who spent the season injured) in the past months, he is now thinking about the AC Milan striker in view of the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup where the Saudi club wants to make a good impression and go all the way.
The salary for Leao? Portuguese rumors speak of 50 million (like Neymar), while the rumors differ on the price tag. Or Jogo makes it clear that he wants to pay Milan the full amount release clause: 175 million. Other rumors that are circulating instead tell of a3-digit offer (therefore above 100 million euros), but advancing a negotiation with the Rossoneri club. The intermediary of the operation would be the Portuguese Mario Ruiwho has contacts with the royal family of Saudi Arabia and was also the protagonist of the multi-million dollar transfers of Neymar and Otavio last summer, again to Al-Hilal.
Milan, Theo Hernandez-Bayern Munich new rumors
From Rafael Leao to Theo Hernandez. The rumors about Bayern Munich they have been around for months, but in the last few hours they are ‘thickening’. According to the Madrid sports diary Marca, the Milan left back is close to a transfer to the most successful Bundesliga club, where his brother Lucas played before moving to PSG. His possible arrival at Bayern Munich could definitively open the door to the departure of Alphonso Davies, whose contract expires in 2025 and is sought by Real Madrid.
Milan, finger injury for Maignan?
From Theo Hernandez to Mike Maignan. In this case, no new transfer rumors (after those that linked him to Bayern Munich in the recent past), but that of a new injury. Magic Mike had a finger problem in training at Milanello: the Rossoneri number one was supposed to return to the field in the last match of the championship between Milan and Salernitana, but at this point Sportiello will be confirmed in goal. In these hours he will undergo medical tests to determine the severity of his injury and above all to understand the recovery times in view of the European Championship with France (Maignan was forced to miss, again due to injury, the last World Cup that was played in Qatar in December 2022).
Mike Maignan (photo Ipa)
Milan, farewell to Giroud, Pioli and Kjaer. Fonseca and the rumors on the Rossoneri bench
Speaking of Milan-Salernitana, the farewell party is being prepared at San Siro for 3 protagonists of the last ones and of the 2022 scudetto: Simon Kjaer, Olivier Giroud and Stefano Pioli (consensual termination of the contract, press release expected on Friday). On the coaching front, everything remains on standby, among the rumors that the Portuguese ex-Roma player is the favourite Paulo Fonseca (he will leave Lille, this year fourth in Ligee 1, also courted by Marseille), the former General of the 2011 scudetto Mark Van Bommel (at the helm of Antwerp for two years), the dreams of the Rossoneri fans for a Antonio Conte (who however is not among the candidates for the bench barring incredible last-minute twists) or for a Mister X not yet released (or underestimated) in the long list of coaches approached by the Rossoneri club. In any case, the mystery regarding the Milan coach will be resolved in the next ten days (probably in the first days of June).
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