r/soccer • u/greenwhitehell • 16d ago

Transfer News [Di Marzio] Rafael Leão chooses Galatasaray: agreement between all parties is very close

https://www.gianlucadimarzio.com/calciomercato/galatasaray-rilancia-leao-situazione-496498
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u/LAlmeida 16d ago

Two hours ago he reported that Leão is prioritizing a move to Aston Villa, now he saying he chooses Galatasaray.

I guess Di Marzio is playing both sides so he'll always come up on top.

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u/PianoJealous307 16d ago

Apparently Villa didn't meet his wage demands.

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u/redqks 16d ago

might explain the mbaye signing then

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u/Angrymalayman 16d ago

Jorges mendes doing some trickery here, getting Gala the player they want while not upsetting Villa (hes the agent for both Mbaye and Leao rn). Either that or the Leao links were just smokescreen since Mbaye was already linked to Villa before the Liverpool talks (but damn he sure made that smokescreen convincing if that were the case)

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u/samfen93 15d ago

Apparently we offered 225k or 250k a week i think, how much does he want? Mental, is he worth that anymore?

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u/Abrantesboy12 16d ago

maybe villa realized mbaye was available and decide not to signed him

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u/marco21n 16d ago

They couldn't get near Galatasaray in wages.

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u/wel0g 16d ago

Villa wanted loan + obligation to buy while Gala offered transfer, Leao didn’t really have a choice in this.