SempreMilan
·3. Dezember 2024
SempreMilan
·3. Dezember 2024
Arsenal have approached AC Milan winger Rafael Leao’s entourage over potentially signing him, according to a report.
According to FootballTransfers, an ‘informal, preliminary contact’ took place between Arsenal and the representatives of Leao ‘to sound out whether or not there is interest in a potential move’ to the Premier League side.
However, the winger made it clear to the Gunners that he is ‘fully focused on the current season and will not move in January’, meaning that he would not even begin to entertain any potential switch until next summer, if at all.
Sources have ‘played down links with Barcelona’ as per the report, which have been repeatedly talked about in the Spanish media. Meanwhile, any claims that Jorge Mendes is pushing for Leao to move in January are ’emphatically wide of the mark’.
Arsenal are understood to be looking for a player who can start on the left amid doubts over Gabriel Martinelli’s future and with Raheem Sterling yet to really hit the ground running following his deadline day arrival from Chelsea.
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Villarreal’s Alex Baena and PSG’s Bradley Barcola are on the list for the north London club too even if a deal for the latter is unlikely. Athletic Club’s Nico Williams and Dortmund’s Jamie Bynoe-Gittens are on the Gunners’ radar too.
It has been a strange season for Leao already given that he has worn the captain’s armband, been dropped for consecutive league games and now seems to be back to his near-best form.