AC Milan drew against Cagliari in a naive and frustrating way. The Supercoppa magic fades quickly and Sérgio Conceicao needs to work on the players available to him. Meanwhile, the management must think of the transfer market.
The one profile which has been the most talked about in recent days is Marcus Rashford. But also, there is mention of Kyle Walker in recent hours.
The British newspaper Daily Telegraph, in its online version, reported that Milan is interested in Kyle Walker, the 34-year-old defender who has won everything with Manchester City.
According to the report, the Rossoneri club is keen to bring the player to Italy and is confident about the success of the operation. However, it is also emphasized that, so far, no offer has been placed on the table for the English club.
Journalist Matteo Moretto highlighted that Milan plans to contact the other party in the coming days and hopes the player could be freed on a free transfer.
Guardiola's announcement regarding Kyle Walker
Kyle Walker's departure from City, although still to be defined, was announced last night by Pep Guardiola himself after their clear 8-0 victory in the FA Cup against Salford.
The Spanish coach stated: "Two days ago Kyle asked to explore the options to play abroad at the end of his career. He asked two years ago after the treble, Bayern wanted him but the offer was not good enough and the club asked him how important was this? We cannot understand the success the club has had in these years without Kyle. It's impossible – he's been our right-back, giving us something we didn't have. But now, in his mind, he would like to explore going to another country to play his last years for many reasons. For that reason, I prefer to play other players whose mind is still here.”
“He went to Txiki [Man City director of football Txiki Begiristain] and I am pretty convinced that there's no one in our job who can perform when they don’t want to be where they are,” Guardiola explained.
Manchester City boss continued to talk about Milan target Kyle Walker:
“He asked to explore [his options] but it doesn't mean it's definitely going to happen because you never know the situation. I respect it a lot because I'm more than grateful to him for the many years he has been here for us. His first season here, we started to win, win, win, win, win. He's been important for the national team and important for our team but he said that he wants to explore options, in his mind and his heart he wants to explore it.”
Everything is still to be clarified, but even the coach's words could confirm the situation and perhaps even that Milan is an option, although the player has been close to Bayern Munich and Saudi Arabia in the past, as relayed via Milannews.it.
Considering also the interest in Marcus Rashford, and if the rumors about Walker are confirmed, Milan will need to make a decision regarding registration: according to current rules, only one of the two could be registered (here's why).
