🚨 Official: Rafael Leão changes club for €38m | OneFootball

After making a strong impression in Ligue 1 and Serie A, Rafael Leão is leaving Europe’s top five leagues to move to Turkey.

The now former AC Milan winger has signed for Galatasaray for a transfer fee estimated at €38 million, according to the Istanbul club’s statement. The Rossoneri are also said to have secured a 20% sell-on clause.

Long expected to join the Premier League, particularly Aston Villa, Leão was ultimately won over by Galatasaray’s sporting and financial arguments.

Voted Serie A’s best player in 2022, the Portuguese dribbling specialist joins the growing list of stars who have chosen to move to the Süper Lig this year, including N'Golo Kanté, Romelu Lukaku, Mohamed Salah, Leandro Trossard, and Dušan Vlahović.

Leão leaves AC Milan behind with a mixed legacy: that of a dynamic and likeable forward, but one too often plagued by inconsistency.

The Rossoneri paid tribute to their former MVP on X.

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