Rafael Leao has been urged to calm down by AC Milan legend Kaka.
As negotiations for a new contract stall, uncertainty lingers regarding the Portugal striker's future with the Rossonero.

Kaka stated to La Gazzetta dello Sport that "Any game may be altered by him. He's a great player, and I like him a lot. It's a good idea to leave at this point if you think of football as an Italian passing kick.

"He should stay, in my opinion, as Italian football is not a passing kick.

And sometimes it's not a good idea to leave Milan.

# Roma coach Mourinho pushed about Zaniolo situation

Roma coach Jose Mourinho is refusing to discuss Nicolo Zaniolo's situation.
After seeing the market close still a Roma player, Zaniolo wrote an open letter offering an olive branch to management.

But Mourinho, following their Coppa Italia defeat to Cremonese, refused to take questions on the midfielder.

"No. The ownership was very clear and I won't make any kind of comment," he would only say.

Benfica president Rui Costa SLAMS Enzo Fernandez's behavior during £107m move to Chelsea

Rui Costa, president of Benfica, made the admission in a harsh critique of Enzo Fernandez's behavior leading up to his deadline-day transfer to Chelsea.

Due to hurried talks, the 22-year-old player joined the Blues for a British record £107 million. The transaction was finalized "two minutes" before the deadline.


Costa tried his hardest to convince Fernandez to stay with the Eagles until the end of the season, but he was unable, and the Argentine star's stint in Portugal came to a bitter end as a result.


"Enzo Fernandez had no desire to remain with Benfica."
At a Bwin event this week, the president declared, "He didn't give us any chance."


I tried my hardest, and while I'm sad, I won't cry for a player who declined to stay. In reality, it was impossible to convince him otherwise once Chelsea arrived.

Fernandez is believed to have wanted a move since the World Cup, and defied his club by flying back to Argentina to celebrate the New Year as he pushed for a move to England.

Benfica manager Roger Schmidt had claimed no deal would take place in mid-January, but Chelsea came back in for the midfielder after giving up in their pursuit of Brighton's Moises Caicedo and deciding they would pay Fernandez's full release clause.

Costa continued: ‘During deadline day we found an agreement to sell Enzo to Chelsea in the summer but he didn’t want to stay.

‘From the moment Enzo realised [Chelsea would pay] the value of the clause it was unrelenting. We tried to insist, but the player did not show any openness to continuing at Benfica.

‘I proposed to Chelsea that he stay until the summer for a lower value, but the player did not want to continue at Benfica – and this is when everything changed.'

Costa went on to explain how unwilling he was to keep an unmotivated player at Benfica, and showed little remorse for Fernandez's exit.