Man City's Walker to join AC Milan on loan
Italian club AC Milan have agreed a deal to sign Manchester City captain Kyle Walker on loan for the remainder of the season.
The agreement includes an option to buy the defender in the summer when the loan deal comes to an end. Walker, who has made 316 appearances for City, will now travel to Italy for a medical. The full-back last featured for City against West Ham on 4 January, after which he told manager Pep Guardiola he wanted to explore his options around a potential move abroad. The 34-year-old prefers a move to Italy, rather than the Saudi Pro League where he was initially linked with. AC Milan have also been linked with Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford but registration rules in Italy mean they are only able to sign one player from the UK during the current transfer window.
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Italian club AC Milan have agreed a deal to sign Manchester City captain Kyle Walker on loan for the remainder of the season.
The agreement includes an option to buy the defender in the summer when the loan deal comes to an end. Walker, who has made 316 appearances for City, will now travel to Italy for a medical. The full-back last featured for City against West Ham on 4 January, after which he told manager Pep Guardiola he wanted to explore his options around a potential move abroad. The 34-year-old prefers a move to Italy, rather than the Saudi Pro League where he was initially linked with. AC Milan have also been linked with Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford but registration rules in Italy mean they are only able to sign one player from the UK during the current transfer window.
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Pep Guardiola sounded really disappointed with Kyle Walker's choice to leave. He talked about it during an interview and he stated that himself. I understand him fully though.
Think about it. You lose one of your important starting eleven players near the end of a transfer window. It would feel awful right?
Now there is only Rico Lewis left as RB there. In the middle of the season, Guardiola had better find a replacement for Walker somehow. For Milan, it must be a great signing. Emerson Royal was their main RB but he got injured you know. He is out until late March so this must be the reason they felt the need of a temporary signing. There are actually many other RBs in the squad too but I assume Sérgio Conceição doesn't want to use any of them instead.