Rafael Leao: "When I was 9, I joined Benfica's academy. My dad didn't have a car at the time, so I couldn't get to the training. Benfica said, 'Sign the contract & we'll have a van to take you...

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Original Title: Rafael Leao: “When I was 9, I joined Benfica’s academy. My dad didn’t have a car at the time, so I couldn’t get to the training. Benfica said, ‘Sign the contract & we’ll have a van to take your son from school to training’. The van never arrived for a week & I cried. We signed for Sporting instead”