
THE FOOTBALL PLAYER WANTS TO CONTINUE IN THE CLUB
One less option for Barça: Rafael Leao negotiates his renewal with Milan
Published:20/03/2022 - 21:18h
Updated:20/03/2022 - 23:29h
The name of Rafael Leao had appeared in recent days as an option for Barça's forward. However, according to various information, the footballer would be in talks with Milan to extend his contract
The FC Barcelona is still in research of reinforcements for the next season. The club has advanced the signings of several players to reinforce the defence and the medullary of the team (case Cristensen and case Kessié, for example), and now direct his efforts to strengthen the forward. In front of the difilcutad that represents to tackle the contracting of Erling Haaland, the big favourite of Laporta, the blaugranas have several options.
One of the names that handled was the one of Rafael Leao. The Portuguese forward with angolan ancestry likes a lot in Can Barça. Of the footballer stands out his polivalencia in the front of attack, since it can manage like leading centre although his natural position is the one of extreme. The player has experienced a big mejoría in his football during this season, what has called the attention of big teams.
Now, as it informs the journalist Fabrizio Romano, the AC Milan would be negotiating with the ex of the Lille his extension of agreement. The agreement of Leao with the club 'lombardo' expires in the 2024 and from the loges of the Saint Siro did not want to that it escaped them one of the perlas more promising of the football. To his 22 years, the footballer has a bagaje important of parties to his backs, arriving to the 219 crashes contested, 106 of them with the T-shirt 'rossonera'.
To the interest of the FC Barcelona by the international with Portugal, had added him the one of the Liverpool. The group of Merseyside wants to reinforce his zone of attack with young blood that serve of relief for the legendary trident conformed by Mané, Firmino and Salah. In December already did with the services of the Colombian extreme Luis Díaz, and in the last days the name of Leao had appeared in his orbit, although now it seems to dissipate.
An alternative less in attack
From the City Condal are conscious of the difficulty that involves to tackle an operation of the envergadura of the one of a player like Erling Haaland. The figures that handle around the Norwegian are 'estratosféricas' for what have in Can Barça. That's why from the entity follow studying alternative to bring in case that the signing of the forward turn into an impossible. Rafael Leao was one of them, but apparently falls of the list.