Paris Saint-Germain are unlikely to make any concrete moves towards signing Rafael Leao from AC Milan until they know where Kylian Mbappe will be playing his football next season.
As has been reported by Fabrizio Romano (via CaughtOffside), the French side are not going to be showing their hand when it comes to signing Leao until later in the season.
The ongoing story around the Ligue 1 champions is whether Mbappe will sign a new contract, or head for a new challenge at a club like Real Madrid.
One thing that would potentially work in PSG’s favour when it comes to signing Leao from Milan is the connection between the Portuguese player and their transfer chief, Luis Campos.
Leao was one of Campos’ key signings at Lille, so it is already known that they have worked together and he is a major fan of the 24-year-old.
It would take a very big fee for Leao to leave Milan given he so recently signed a new contract, so PSG almost certainly wouldn’t try to sign him until they knew that Mbappe was definitely on his way out of the club.
Discussing the Leao PSG links, Romano said to CaughtOffside: “I’m aware there have been some links with Rafael Leao and PSG. Luis Campos is the director who signed Leao at Lille, one of his incredible signings, so appreciating him is normal, but at PSG summer plans will be made in the next months.
“It’s still early to predict what they will do, it depends on how this season will go and also on the Kylian Mbappe situation.”
