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Rafael Leao £134million Chelsea transfer revived as AC Milan legend keeps the door open

Rafael Leao, Benjamin Sesko and Leandro Trossard - three talents that have already been linked to making future transfers to join Graham Potter's Chelsea.

Currently, Potter who has overseen just the one Champions League game and no Premier League fixtures prior to this current international break, is to work with the £270million worth of talent Todd Boehly signed in his first summer as interim sporting director.

Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are just a few of the new recruits who have the pressures on their shoulders to produce the goods under the Englishman's management in 2022/23.

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But with Boehly handing Potter a five-year deal and bringing in a number of his various assistants and people who work behind the scenes, the LA Dodgers part-owner is seemingly slowly trying to adapt the hiring and firing culture that existed under predecessor's Roman Abramovich's reign.

Therefore, it's not unusual to see a number of Brighton players and young talents looking to develop and go onto the next level under Potter. Leao was a player Boehly enquired about but after having a few others rejected, the new owner decided to move on his player search, with AC Milan looking for a fee close to his release clause of around £134m.

Since then, the 23-year-old has been in contract negotiations with the Rossoneri in the hope that he can agree a new and improved deal which will see him become one of the highest earners at the club.

However, a senior figure at AC Milan has kept the door open to all possibilities in regards to the future of their No. 17.

"Have I rejected offers for Leao and Hernandez?," Milan technical director and club legend Paulo Maldini answered to Get Italian Football News. "I told some not to even show up. In the context of the sustainability, we have the accounts in order, and we don’t need to sell. We want to keep the strongest players, but today there are no more non-transferable players."

Perhaps the player who gained an assist in Portugal's latest thumping of Czech Republic in the UEFA Nations League will convince Boehly and Co to meet the release clause with his upcoming Champions League audition against the two-time champions.

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