AC Milan ready to accept reasonable bids for Rafael Leao this summer

AC Milan suffered another blow in their already slim title chances with their loss against Napoli on the weekend. They are now nine points behind first place Inter, with only seven games to go this season. Milan will see falling short of the Scudetto as a missed opportunity this season, as they only had to play Serie A games.

This was in contrast to Inter Milan and Napoli who had to play Champions League throughout the season. However, Milan couldn’t capitalise on their extra rest, mainly due to their issues in front of goal. Milan have only scored 47 goals this season, 24 less than Inter this season.

Niclas Fullkrug was bought in during January in an attempt to fix the problem, but he has failed to hit the ground running. Milan will now likely go into a full revolution this summer to try and fix their attacking problems, according to Corriere Dello Sera. This could see Rafael Leao amongst the names sold to build a new attack.

Niclas Fullkrug of AC Milan reacts leaving the pitch during the serie Serie A Enilive match between SSC Napoli and AC Milan at Stadio Diego Armando…

AC Milan and Rafael Leao have been in contract renewal talks for a while, however the talks have stalled in recent months. This could be what motivates Milan to decide to sell Rafael Leao instead of his counterpart Christian Pulisic. Milan are now willing to sell Leao in the summer, if a bid in the range of 50 million euros arrives.

Fabrizio Romano is reporting that FC Barcelona could decide to make a move to sign Leao this summer. Barcelona have a 30 million buy out clause for loanee Marcus Rashford this summer. However, they aren’t fully satisfied with Rashford and could decide to sign Leao instead now that he is reasonably priced.