Leao: “With my first salary I bought my house. In the future…”

Rafael Leao was interviewed in the monthly Corriere della Sera Login, dedicated to innovation, science and new technologies.

SOCIAL RELATIONS – “It is not us who feel this difference, my daily life is a natural mix between real and digital, it is you who are not digital natives who always ask yourself the problem. My mom calls me every day, for example. Even though you often just want to know if I ate well ».

MARKET VALUE – “For heaven’s sake, that’s something I don’t think about. My real worth is something else. God gave me talent and I have to be grateful and keep working hard so as not to waste it“.

1 MILLION FOLLOWER – “I admit it’s nice. On the contrary, it is an honor to be an example for younger people who maybe follow me for my way of being or because they like the contents I post. But I’m a footballer, a striker and therefore the numbers that make me happiest are those on the pitch“.

“SON IS SON” BRAND – “For me, family is the most important thing. What I do on the pitch I want to pass on to them, I want to do well for them. The relationship with my mom is special, I have already told you: she calls every day to find out how I am. My dad is a different person, he wants me to do the right things. I am very attached, and with the first salary I immediately bought the house for them“.

RAP – “I really enjoy rapping and I think that when I finish my football career I could do that, in life. For now it’s just a pastime: I trap, but I speak above all of my life, of the sacrifices to get here. Thoughts that I also share with Cabral, a permanent presence in my life. Here, friendship is another very important value, even in what you do: in football I have many friends, in Milan and also in other teams. This creates group, unity of purpose and also of values. And I am proud to be in a club that is very attentive to social responsibility issues, which has done so much to promote fairness, equality and inclusivity through the positive examples of sport.“.

ART NAME WAY 45 – “A lot of people ask me: 45 is the postal code of my region in Portugal, while Way is the path, so it’s a bit of a connection between my origins and the road I’m traveling on. The Barrio de Jamaica, where I was born, is everything to me: that’s where I started playing, where I have my family, my friends, the most important people. It is my heart“.

ESPORTS – “The PlayStation is certainly one of my hobbies and during the lockdown I also played a digital derby against an Inter player, a way to stay close to the fans in a difficult moment in everyone’s life. And certainly eSports are a rapidly developing trend and a market that can still grow a lot in the coming years. However, I believe that the emotions that an event such as a real, live football match gives are incomparable“.

PLAYING WITH THE PANDEMIC – “Football without fans is something else, there is nothing else to add. This year at the San Siro over a million total people came to support us, without considering how many times away it was like playing at home: in Reggio Emilia, in the decisive match, it seemed to be in Milan. And then the tide of people who greeted us on our return to the city and the next day in the parade with the open bus. No, the feelings you get in real life are something else!“. But speaking of the market, sensational: agreement found! They are about to take it <<<