{"id":843136,"date":"2026-08-02T21:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/843136\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T21:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:23:09","slug":"tmw-fenerbahce-close-to-sarr-signing-after-leaos-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/843136\/","title":{"rendered":"TMW: Fenerbahce close to Sarr signing after Leao&#8217;s &#8216;no&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AC Milan may have lost a big summer move today, with Fenerbahce making rapid progress to sign Crystal Palace\u2019s Ismaila Sarr.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, talk of Rafael Leao\u2019s future has <a href=\"https:\/\/sempremilan.com\/no-loans-50m-milans-stance-leao?_gl=1*cviho*_up*MQ..*_ga*NDI3MTk5Mjk1LjE3ODU2ODYwMDU.*_ga_8965HM125J*czE3ODU2ODYwMDQkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODU2ODYwMDQkajYwJGwwJGgw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heavily involved a move to Turkey<\/a>. Fenerbahce were leading the race and whilst Galatasaray have remained in the picture, it seemed more likely that it would be the Kanaryala to land the winger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\tRead SempreMilan ad-free and get access to exclusive news. <a href=\"https:\/\/supporters.sempremilan.com\/?utm_source=sempremilan.com&amp;utm_medium=midarticle&amp;utm_campaign=default\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a free trial!<\/a>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>However, this no longer seems to be the case, with them making quick progress on another signing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Leao says no<\/p>\n<p>Now, Tuttomercatoweb journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marcoconterio\/status\/2083903844258287950\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marco Coterio<\/a> has provided an update on X about Leao and his future. Unfortunately, it is not a positive one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFenerbahce are now one step away from Ismaila Sarr. The Turkish club are pressing for the agreement with Crystal Palace. They have the player\u2019s yes; now it\u2019s the one with the London club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings have accelerated after Rafael Leao\u2019s no to the Fenerbahce project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Considering Fenerbahce were the ones pressing the most for the Portuguese, it leaves the Diavolo with very few options on the table this summer. You\u2019d also fear the impact that this may have on the incoming market\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There is time for things to change, of course, but <a href=\"https:\/\/sempremilan.com\/milan-ponder-leaos-price-lack-interest?_gl=1*165xvqq*_up*MQ..*_ga*NDI3MTk5Mjk1LjE3ODU2ODYwMDU.*_ga_8965HM125J*czE3ODU2ODYwMDQkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODU2ODYwMDQkajYwJGwwJGgw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hope is certainly fading<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AC Milan may have lost a big summer move today, with Fenerbahce making rapid progress to sign Crystal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-843136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}