Rumour Has It: Chelsea emerge as frontrunners in pursuit of Milan forward Rafael Leao

The
23-year-old
helped
Milan
clinched
the
Italian
Serie
A
title
last
term,
netting
11
goals
for
the
Rossoneri.

According
to
reports,
Leao
is
unwilling
to
pen
a
contract
extension
with
Milan,
who
failed
to
meet
his
demands.

TOP
STORY
–
CHELSEA
GET
JUMP
IN
RAFAEL
LEAO
CHASE

Chelsea
have
emerged
as
the
frontrunners
in
the
hotly
contested
pursuit
of
Milan
forward

Rafael
Leao,
claims
GiveMeSport’s
Dean
Jones.

Leao
enters
the
final
18
months
of
his
Milan
contract
in
January,
with
interest
also
reportedly
coming
from

Real
Madrid
and

Manchester
City.

Milan
may
be
willing
to
let
the
Portuguese
depart
in
January
if
they
cannot
convince
him
to
sign
a
new
deal,
rating
him
at
£86million
(€100m).

ROUND-UP

–

Chelsea‘s
planned
mid-year
move
for
RB
Leipzig’s

Christopher
Nkunku
will
not
be
brought
forward
to
January
despite
a
season-ending
ACL
injury
for

Armando
Broja,
reports
Fabrizio
Romano.

–
CBS’s
Ben
Jacobs
claims

Dusan
Vlahovic
exiting
Juventus
in
2023
is
a
“very
real
possibility”,
including
a
possible
January
move,
with

Chelsea
among
the
clubs
in
contact
with
the
Serbian’s
representatives.

–

Real
Madrid
have
joined
the
race
for
Netherlands
international

Cody
Gakpo,
claims
AS.

Manchester
United
are
also
interested
in
the
PSV
forward,
who
was
pursued
by

Leeds
United
in
the
last
transfer
window.

–
ESPN
claims

Manchester
United
will
enquire
with
Benfica
about
the
status
of
Portugal
striker

Goncalo
Ramos,
who
netted
a
hat-trick
against
Switzerland
at
the
World
Cup.

–

Bayer
Leverkusen
are
interested
in
signing
West
Ham
full-back

Vladimir
Coufal,
claims
Sky
Sports.
The
Czech,
who
is
contracted
until
2024
with
the
option
of
another
year,
also
has
interest
from
two
other
Premier
League
clubs.