Rafael Leao insists that AC Milan winning the Champions League is worth more to him than a potential €10m (£9m/€10.5m) salary in Saudi Arabia.

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• Leao believes Milan can win UCL
• Not interested in Saudi Arabian move
• Says he has not achieved enough yet

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Leao maintains that while he will not close the door on a potential move to Saudi Arabia in the future, he insists that he is happy at Milan and believes the club are close to reaching a point of being able to win the Champions League again.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Milan have endured something of a European trophy drought, and have not won the Champions League since 2007. Last season, they reached the semi-finals, and have thus far kicked off their European campaign this term with a 0-0 draw against Newcastle.

• WHAT THEY SAID

  Leao told Portugal GQ: "I think the club is on the right track, we managed to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Now the club’s goal must be to keep going up, to keep adding, to keep being strong. And I’m sure Milan will soon return to winning a Champions League, which is our goal. I speak for myself, I’m young, I’m a player who wants to win big things, the Champions League I think is the dream of every player and we are working for that."

  He added on the potential of a move to Saudi Arabia: “You can never say never, but I’m at a club that has welcomed me very well, I’ve renewed now, if I had plans to leave I wouldn’t renew. I’m focused on doing great things in two or three years at AC Milan. I have not yet achieved great things to leave for a league like that [Saudi Pro League]. These days money has spoken louder, but for me a Champions League is worth more than a €10 million salary, for example.”

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  WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

  Milan are next in action on Wednesday against Cagliari in Serie A.

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