{"id":148,"date":"2026-04-23T22:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/2026\/04\/23\/man-utd-chelsea-ready-to-sign-ac-milan-star-rafael-leao\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:19:32","slug":"man-utd-chelsea-ready-to-sign-ac-milan-star-rafael-leao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd &#038; Chelsea ready to sign AC Milan star Rafael Leao?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<h6>News<span> \u00bb <\/span>Premier League news<span> \u00bb <\/span>Chelsea news<\/h6>\n<p class=\"articletimestamp\">April 23, 2026 20:34 GMT (UK), by <!-- Author Start -->Sri Aswin<!-- Author End -->\n<\/p>\n<h6>View Chelsea summer 2026 transfer targets<\/h6>\n<div style=\"float:right\">\n<figure>\n<p class=\"article_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/imghold\/largestRafaelLeao_2022.jpg\" title=\"Rafael Leao news\" alt=\"Rafael Leao news\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Leao to PL?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:18px; width:450px;\">\n<div style=\"display:inline; border:0px; padding-left:2px; padding-top:3px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/images\/football_transfer_centre.png\" title=\"Football Transfer Centre\" alt=\"Football Transfer Centre\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Manchester United and Chelsea have reportedly entered the pursuit of AC Milan winger <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Rafael Leao<\/span><\/span>  ahead of the summer transfer window.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p>Leao has been a key player for the Rossoneri over the years, but his future is uncertain despite Milan being on the cusp of Champions League football.<\/p>\n<p>The Rossoneri are presently second in Serie A and look set to play in Europe&#8217;s elite competition. Despite this, they may need to balance their books.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail now claim that United and Chelsea are among the contenders to land the Portuguese, who seems open to pursuing a new challenge as well.<\/p>\n<p>It is further added that AC Milan are prepared to listen to offers for their winger, but will hold out for at least\u00a0\u00a360m to contemplate his departure.<\/p>\n<p>United and Chelsea have only held tentative talks with his agent and it remains to be seen whether they enter negotiations with the Rossoneri.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are also long-term admirers of the former Lille man.<br \/><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- newadv --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News \u00bb Premier League news \u00bb Chelsea news April 23, 2026 20:34 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}