Arsenal fans go CRAZY as Leao pictured training with Rice

Stuart Telford
Stuart Telford
  • 13 Jul 2023 02:32 CDT
  • 6 min read
Rafa Leao and Declan Rice.
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Rafael Leao has been pictured in pre-season training alongside Declan Rice, Joao Cancelo and Bruno Fernandes, sending Arsenal fans into a frenzy on the Twittersphere.

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Rice is about to complete a £105 million move to Arsenal from West Ham, but has been training with the Portugal international trio in their home country in order to arrive at the Emirates in peak physical condition.

While Fernandes is entrenched at Manchester United and looks like their captain-in-waiting with Harry Maguire made available for transfer, Leao and Cancelo have both previously been linked with a move to Arsenal

READ: Rafael Leao's ASTRONOMICAL release clause

Could Leao to Arsenal happen?

AC Milan recently handed Leao a new five-year contract, making him the second top earner at the San Siro after Ismael Bennacer, whioe Cancelo's future seems less certain with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola recently admitting he would be happy to sell him, even to Man Utd.

But it is the Leao pictures that have sent Gunners fans into a frenzy. Chelsea beat Arsenal to Mykhailo Mudryk last January and although they subsequently signed Leandro Trossard from Brighton, a wide attacker is on Mikel Arteta's shopping list.

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