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Chelsea is leading the race to sign AC Milan striker \u00a0Rafael Leao, Matchplug<\/a> understands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blues wanted to sign the Portuguese attacker in the last transfer window, but they couldn’t secure an agreement with the Italian club.
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Milan held on to him because he is a key player for them and one of the reasons they won the Serie A title last season.
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He continues to show brilliant form for them and Chelsea has continued to circle, an act that might eventually benefit them.
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The Blues have been signing some of the best young players around to their squad and Leao is one man they believe should be on their team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report claims they might have to pay as much as \u00a387m for his signature if they are serious about adding him to their squad.
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He has a long contract at Milan and they only sell him for a high fee, which they hope will eventually discourage Chelsea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chelsea is leading the race to sign AC Milan striker \u00a0Rafael Leao, Matchplug understands. The Blues wanted to sign the Portuguese attacker in the last transfer window, but they couldn’t secure an agreement with the Italian club. Milan held on to him because he is a key player for them and one of the reasons they won the Serie A title last season. He continues to show brilliant form for them and Chelsea has continued to circle, an act that might eventually benefit them. The Blues have been signing some of the best young players around to their squad and Leao is one man they believe should be on their team. The report claims they might have to pay as much as \u00a387m for his signature if they are serious about adding him to their squad. He has a long contract at Milan and they only sell him for a high fee, which they hope will eventually discourage Chelsea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,218,223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news","category-premier-league-football-news","category-transfers"],"yoast_head":"\nChelsea leading the race for \u00a387m AC Milan striker - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chelsea-leading-the-race-for-87m-ac-milan-striker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chelsea leading the race for \u00a387m AC Milan striker - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chelsea is leading the race to sign AC Milan striker \u00a0Rafael Leao, Matchplug understands. 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