{"id":4678,"date":"2026-05-22T02:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=4678"},"modified":"2026-05-22T02:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:56:58","slug":"chelsea-join-man-utd-and-barcelona-in-race-for-serie-a-speedster-who-is-on-the-market-for-43m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=4678","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Join Man Utd And Barcelona In Race For Serie A Speedster Who Is On The Market For \u00a343M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Chelsea have revived their interest in AC Milan winger Rafael Leao, according to reports in the Italian media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blues made a move for the Portuguese international soon after the Boehly\/Clearlake takeover in the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite claims that a bid in the region of \u20ac70m to \u20ac80m was lodged, Milan were not interested in selling him at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The situation is very different now, with <em>Tuttosport<\/em> (via <em>TMW<\/em>) now reporting that Leao will be on the market at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea are one of 3 teams weighing up offers<\/h2>\n<p>Leao has had a difficult end to the season, having not scored a goal since the start of March. He has found the back of the net 10 times and provided 3 assists in all competitions, but Milan are said to be seriously contemplating a sale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/chelseanews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?230424-120159\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on Chelsea News<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is believed that the Blues, Manchester United and Barcelona are keeping close tabs on developments ahead of the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<h2>Leao\u2019s asking price is significantly below his release clause<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1076759316\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>The forward ended speculation about his future back in 2023 when he signed a new five-year contract, which included a hefty \u20ac175m (\u00a3151m) buyout fee.<\/p>\n<p>It was never expected that anyone would match the required price, and it was clearly put in place to scare off potential suitors.<\/p>\n<p>However, <em>Tuttosport<\/em> now believe that Leao could be available for less than a third of that figure. Milan are set to listen to offers for between \u20ac50m (\u00a343m) and \u20ac60m (\u00a352m).<\/p>\n<p>The left wing is a position that manager Xabi Alonso will want to <strong>strengthen<\/strong>. Jamie Gittens has struggled for form and fitness, while there is already speculation that Alejandro Garnacho will not stay at Stamford Bridge, despite only arriving from United last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about the Chelsea First Team Squad for 2025\/26 here<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have revived their interest in AC Milan winger Rafael Leao, according to reports in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}