{"id":476176,"date":"2026-05-31T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/476176\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:43:18","slug":"rafael-leao-man-utd-approval-given-for-transfer-as-milan-winger-admits-he-wants-new-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/476176\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Leao: Man Utd approval given for transfer as Milan winger admits he &#8216;wants new chapter&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd have been alerted to the possibility of signing Rafael Leao in the summer transfer window after admitting he\u2019s ready to leave AC Milan.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have had an extremely positive second half to the season as Michael Carrick guided his side to a third-place finish in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>That secured qualification for next season\u2019s Champions League and, in turn, boosted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a>\u2018s summer transfer budget as they look to push on for a title challenge next term.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd are looking to bring in at least two new midfielders, a left winger and a left-back as a minimum this summer, while there have also been rumours they could sign a centre-back and a striker too.<\/p>\n<p>Leao has mainly played centrally as a forward for Milan this season, but made his name off the left, has now revealed that he wants to leave the Serie A giants this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Milan forward told Sport TV Portugal: \u201cI\u2019m proud as I made history at AC Milan but I want new chapter. I feel ready to play in another league. I did my best for Milan, but it\u2019s time to try another challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-ineos-serious-move-50m-west-ham-midfielder-mateus-fernandes-after-ederson-signs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd to make \u2018serious\u2019 \u00a350m move for Prem midfielder after Ederson signs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are widespread reports that his announcement has alerted Man Utd to the situation with Leao previously revealing that he \u201clikes\u201d the Red Devils because of compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s time at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Leao said in the past: \u201cYeah of course I like (Manchester) United because my idol is Cristiano Ronaldo, so back then, I used to watch them. I like Arsenal also.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd \u2018offered\u2019 Leao ahead of summer transfer<\/p>\n<p>TEAMtalk insider, Graeme Bailey, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/rafael-leao-transfer-news-man-utd-offered-ac-milan-star\" target=\"_blank\">revealed on May 1<\/a> that \u2018been offered to a number of top Premier League clubs, including Manchester United\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/marcus-rashford-barcelona-cunning-offer-laporta-hopes-one-factor-force-man-utd-u-turn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Rashford: Barcelona \u2018cunning\u2019 offer revealed as one factor could \u2018force\u2019 Man Utd U-turn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Milan, for their part, want to tie him down to a new contract but Bailey insisted that sources have revealed that the Italian club are likely to be open to a deal worth \u20ac50m in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The report at the time added: \u2018TEAMtalk can confirm that\u00a0Man Utd\u00a0are among the clubs approached. The Old Trafford outfit have carried out extensive work on Leao in the past and remain aware of his profile, though their interest has not yet progressed beyond initial checks at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Further approaches have also been made to Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. All three clubs have tracked Leao previously and continue to hold an appreciation for his qualities.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Leao has contributed nine goals and three assists in 29 Serie A appearances this term as Milan finished fifth in the Serie A, outside the Champions League places.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-transfers-news-victor-osimhen-five-striker-targets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a3130m Man Utd striker \u2018dream\u2019 revealed as five elite goalscorers shortlisted<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man Utd have been alerted to the possibility of signing Rafael Leao in the summer transfer window after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-476176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}