In his new book, 'Smile', he wrote: "In my career at Milan, I had two coaches, or maybe just one. Between me and Mr. Giampaolo there was practically no type of relationship, we didn't speak to each other, I had only recently been in Milan and for a footballer like me, at nineteen, settling in was the first challenge to face.
"Initially I was looking for a family lexicon in the locker room, so Andr Silva, the only Portuguese in the team, helped me a bit with the language, but after a month he was sold so I started to bond with other new players like Ismael Bennacer, purchased three days after me and who I still call brother today."
Leao then returned to the relationship with Giampaolo: "Right from the start I had goals, but it wasn't easy, the coach hadn't understood how to insert me on the pitch and I had a cold relationship with him; formal greetings at training and nothing else."