For now, it is just a verbal agreement, but it is an agreement nevertheless. First, Olivier Giroud will commit to the continuation of the cooperation for almost 4,000,000 euros, and as soon as the deal with the French striker is finalized, the management of Milan will devote themselves to Rafael Leao and it seems that they are on the right way to secure another signature.Leao and the Rossoneri have agreed that the 23-year-old attacker will sign a new contract in the coming weeks. His current contract expires in June 2024, which is why San Siro did not want to risk possibly being without an important player next summer. Perhaps not as influential this season as the previous one, when he led the team to the Scudetto, although he signaled an awakening with the goals in Naples. That’s why the timing of the agreement pleases the fans of the seven-time European champion and represents a compromise solution, bearing in mind that there was a fear among fans that they might lose one of their favorites.Shaken Napoli continue their lonely Scudetto run, the rest try to get as near as they canBased on the news from Italy, both sides have shown gentlemen-like behavior in the negotiations. Even AC Milan, who are pretty stingy when it comes to salaries, came out very generous – they undertook to pay Leao’s debt to Sporting in the amount of 19,000,000 euros. This is how much the judicial authorities estimated that the unilateral termination of Rafael Leao’s contract with the club from Lisbon in 2018, while he was still a teenager, cost. The process lasted a long time, ended at the beginning of the calendar year, and it is symptomatic that the footballer fell into a performance crisis right after that. Leao doesn’t have that money, but AC Milan does. That’s why they decided to pay instead of the player, who moved first to Lille after leaving his home club and then arrived in Lombardy in the summer of 2019.##NAJAVA_MECA_161185##Rafa himself showed flexibility during negotiations with Milan. Instead of 7,500,000 euros, which he initially demanded as a new salary, he will have to settle for 5,000,000 euros per season. For example, at the last calculation, he had “only” 1,400,000 euros per cycle at the beginning of this season. He agreed to earn less, but at least he will get rid of the stone around his neck called Sporting.It remains to be seen how much cooperation will be embodied, but it is certain that coach Stefano Pioli does not have to worry about a massive cog in his machine.
