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Arsenal are plotting an audacious swoop for the possible transfer of AC Milan winger Rafael Le\u00e3o to the Emirates Stadium next summer, according to Fichajes.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 26-year-old joined the Rossoneri from French side Lille in the summer of 2019 and has since cemented himself among the best wingers not just in Italy but also in Europe.<\/p>\n After a slow start to life in his first two seasons with Milan, where he struggled to reach double figures in goal contributions, he rapidly burst into form in the 2021-22 season, netting 14 goals and providing 12 assists, which earned him the league\u2019s Most Valuable Player award as Stefano Pioli-led Milan won the Serie A title that year.<\/p>\n While the 19-time Italian champions have struggled to match that title-winning form, Le\u00e3o has remained consistent with his high-level performances, also playing a key role in the club\u2019s 2024-25 Supercoppa Italiana triumph.<\/p>\n The same has been the case this season, as the Portuguese have maintained a strong form, providing 12 goal contributions despite Milan\u2019s drop in form, and it\u2019s no surprise he is once again on several clubs\u2019 radars with the summer approaching.<\/p>\n Now, according to Transfers<\/em>Arsenal are plotting an audacious swoop to sign Le\u00e3o as they look to make a statement signing next summer.<\/p>\n The Gunners\u2019 boss, Mikel Arteta, is looking to add more firepower to his squad and views the Portuguese winger\u2019s qualities as a good fit for his style of play, according to the report.<\/p>\n The North London club now want to swiftly complete the deal, as the report adds that the Premier League leaders are preparing to submit a formal \u00a369m offer to Milan.<\/p>\n Arsenal\u2019s move is necessitated by the inconsistent performances of Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli, who could leave the club in the summer, prompting the Gunners to explore a potential replacement, with Le\u00e3o now being eyed, the Spanish outlet adds.<\/p>\n In a boost to Arteta\u2019s side, Transfers<\/em> claims that internal tensions and disagreements between Milan and the Portugal international could affect his initial valuation, and they could now \u2018seriously consider\u2019 their \u00a369m offer.<\/p>\n Arteta has consistently emphasised the need for his side to remain unpredictable and challenging for opponents to deal with.<\/p>\n While the Le\u00e3o could provide that versatility and dynamism Arteta seeks to implement, his work rate and off-the-ball contribution have come under much scrutiny, raising concerns about whether he\u2019s the best fit for Arsenal\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arsenal are plotting an audacious swoop for the possible transfer of AC Milan winger Rafael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Rememore](\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FootballTalk_New_Chapter-rememore.png\")
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