{"id":5213,"date":"2026-09-09T21:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=5213"},"modified":"2026-09-09T21:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:54:21","slug":"rafa-leao-thanks-ruben-amorim-for-helping-with-milan-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/?p=5213","title":{"rendered":"Rafa Leao thanks Ruben Amorim for helping with Milan exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"penci-post-entry-inner\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"penci-post-countview-number-check\" style=\"display:none\">1<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serie A side Milan finally managed to move on from Rafael Leao late in the summer transfer window, as Galatasaray signed him. The attacker has already made his debut for the Turkish side and has now opened up about his Milan departure.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_page_title - under_page_title --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He spoke to the press ahead of the Champions League game against Sporting. He was \u2013 as it would be, asked about the Rossoneri exit and Leao didn\u2019t back away from the topic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said \u2013 via TMW, pointing out at Ruben Amorim\u2019s help in the exit from the San Siro: <em>\u201cThere are moments in life when things have to change. 1 played for AC Milan for seven years, and I think this summer was the time for a change of scenery. I had a conversation with Amorim; I\u2019ve always been very open.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_first_paragraph - under_first_paragraph --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leao revealed the Milan manager left a positive impact on him in a short time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI didn\u2019t know him. I\u201dve always heard positive things from my national teammates who played with him; they\u2019ve always told me he\u2019s an excellent coach and a spectacular person.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leao made it clear that Amorim granted him the shot at leaving Milan and never caused a fuss.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_under_second_paragraph - under_second_paragraph --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cAnd in the short time we were together, our relationship was excellent. I told him I wanted a change of scenery and he respected my decision. l\u2019m leaving with a smile and the feeling of duty fulfilled.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also expressed gratitude to Milan for helping him reach this stage of his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s a club that has given me so much and to which I have been able to give back. Today l\u2019m a Galatasaray player and I hope that Milan can maintain a high level and win great things.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- Ezoic - wp_mid_content - mid_content --><!-- End Ezoic - wp_mid_content - mid_content --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaustubh Pandey \u2013 GIFN<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsitaly.com\/2026\/rafa-leao-thanks-ruben-amorim-for-helping-with-milan-exit\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Serie A side Milan finally managed to move on from Rafael Leao late in the summer transfer window, as Galatasaray signed him. The attacker has already made his debut for the Turkish side and has now opened up about his Milan departure. He spoke to the press ahead of the Champions League game against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-giocatori-italiani-allestero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.matteocoachperformance.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}