MU And PSG Are Fighting Over AC Milan Star Rafael Leao

AC Milan winger Rafael Leao is the target of Manchester United. (Twitter @acmilan)

JAKARTA - Manchester United plans to recruit AC Milan forward Rafael Leao. However, MU will compete with Paris Saint-Germain who are also targeting this Portuguese national team player. MU is still actively hunting for players. The team's poor performance means that MU is not tired of looking for players.

Only this time, the club is not targeting players from Ajax Amsterdam. Manager Erik Teng Hag, who previously managed Ajax, brought in more players from that club to MU.

However, Ten Hag's recruitment was considered unsatisfactory. Now, MU has turned to Italy and is targeting Leao, who has become a pillar of Milan, especially in the last two or three years. He also played an important role in bringing Milan to win the 2021/2022 Scudetto.

The problem is that it is not easy to get Leao because Milan is not willing to let him go. Chelsea have even made offers to Milan at least twice. However, all these offers were flatly rejected.

This player, who was bought by Milan from Lille in 2019, experienced a decline last season.

This has given rise to speculation that Milan intends to sell this 24-year-old player. However, last June, the club announced that it had extended Leao's contract until June 2028.

Milan retained Leao because this season the two of them have shown their best performance again. He has scored three goals and made four assists in 13 matches with Milan in various competitions.

The brilliant performance of the player whose full name is Rafael Alexandre da Conceicao Leao has made MU interested in bringing him in. The reason is, the Red Devils still need forward players following plans to overhaul that sector.

When he comes to Old Trafford, Leao, who operates on the left wing, will compete with Marcus Rashford, who has recently lost his sharpness. Until now, as MU is sinking, Rashford has only scored one goal.

Meanwhile, young Argentinian star Alejandro Garnacho, who is Rashford's back-up, has not yet developed so he will not immediately reach the top.

Apart from that, MU will definitely release Jadon Sancho and striker Anthony Martial.

Sancho, who is at odds with Ten Hag, will be sold in the player transfer window in January 2024. Meanwhile, Martial is considered to be stuck and finding it difficult to achieve top performance.

This situation is what makes MU look for a new winger. And the choice fell on Leao. However, MU is competing with PSG who are also hunting for forward players.

Because of this, PSG is having difficulty retaining Kylian Mbappe, who will move to Real Madrid.

Leao is expected to replace Mbappe. It seems that the competition between MU and PSG is quite tight to get Leao.