Report: Chelsea face competition as Spurs offer €10m-a-year to Milan star | OneFootball

Spurs are willing to offer Rafael Leao a large salary in order to convince him to leave AC Milan, according to one journalist.

The renewal situation surrounding Leao is a tricky one given that the player is demanding a big pay rise in order to extend his current deal – which expires in June 2024 – and there is the added complexity of the €19m fine owed to Sporting CP due to the unilateral termination of the contract and subsequent free transfer to Lille.

Fabio Cordella – an entrepreneur linked to the world of football – spoke on a TV Play broadcast on Twitch (via MilanLive) and spoke about Leao’s situation as follows, stating that the Rossoneri ‘do not have the means and do not want to have the means to match the demands of his entourage’.

Due to the fact the player did not come through the youth system at Milan and does not have the same attachment as Calabria or Tonali for example, Leao ‘will only renew on his terms’ and if big salary offers arrive from abroad ‘it will be difficult to keep him’.

Cordella also revealed the existence of very important offers: “There are clubs that have even offered him 10 million a year. Saying Chelsea is not nonsense, but there are other English clubs as well. Tottenham is among them.

“In my opinion, far from the lights of San Siro he would not be the same Leao as at Milan, but just a phenomenon among many. It is not taken for granted that he will go to Manchester City or that City will then win the Champions League.”

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