In May 2013, Leonardo was banned for nine months, after he was accused of pushing a referee at the end of a game against Valenciennes in which Thiago Silva was sent off. It was confirmed that Leonardo would leave Milan by mutual agreement after their season ending game against Juventus. In June 2011, speculation arose about the future of Leonardo at Inter Milan after some media cited about talks between him and the new Qatari owners of Paris Saint-Germain, ecuador jersey 2024-25 where Leonardo already spent one season as a player in the 1996-97 season. In July 2018, following a change of ownership at Milan and the removal of Marco Fassone and Massimiliano Mirabelli from their respective roles as managing director and director of football, the club’s new owners Elliott Management Corporation announced the appointment of Leonardo as their new sporting director.