AC Milan look likely to sign Kyle Walker shortly, with reports suggesting that a new round of talks will take place this afternoon.
Given Davide Calabria’s contract expires at the end of the season, Milan need to look at the right-back market, and an intriguing proposition has come to light in the past week. Shortly after the game against Cagliari, it was reported that Walker was being looked at by the Rossoneri, and things have progressed quickly since.
The 34-year-old’s big issue has been his contract with Manchester City, but it looks like that will no longer be an issue. As Matteo Moretto reports, the full-back is in talks with the Citizens to terminate his current deal and move to Milano as a free agent.
Milan seem confident, and will have another round of talks in ‘the next few hours’ to finalise things, and considering Walker has agreed to a deal already all that must be done now is the final touches on the deal which will run until 2027.
With this, it would suggest that the move for Marcus Rashford is off unless an English spot were to become free. However, with Fikayo Tomori not leaving, the chances of this seem slim.
He isnt world class anymore. (or at least world class consisently) but is he an upgrade over Royal and Calabria? you bet your a$$ he is. Which begs the question, why in the world did we get Royal? LOL . Is calabria that much worse? i dont think so. I have a soft spot for Davide.
We signed Fonseca. F o n s e c a. That should sum it all up.
People said the same thing about Cafu. He was on his way to Japan before we hijacked the deal. Same age as well.
LOL. A 34 year old signing, at 4M per year net for a department that has the least needs, has a second no longer secret family outside his marriage, and has been in dreadful form for about 18 months. YES!
This
i really wonder if any of you can ever be happy with anything. if we’d sign Trent on a free, you’d still find something to complain.
Uh ya, idiot😂 treat is one of the worst RBs defensively on the planet. The definition of a luxury player. Guy gets skinned by relegation players for fun
Change the R to an L and it sounds like you were just describing Theo.
Did coach ask to sign him?
Who cares what he asks, this is why I miss Sylvio..do you think they asked Ancelotti if he wanted Kaka. He was told to shut up and coach. Kaka was Berlusconi’s buy. You people forget all of us in Italy know football.
Now compare that to Emerson who every game seems to get a rating of 5. Calabria who people love/hate. But one thing we know for sure is. The right side of the defence has been our weakest point for the last 5 years. Walker will greatly strengthen it. Even guardiola said that when walker doesn’t play, city struggle.
I don’t give a rat’s ass about Emerson one way or another. I look at the numbers. Our defense is currently 4th best. We have no backup wingers available and one of our starters is beginning to break down because of overuse. None of our strikers have scored more than 5 goals. Reijnders and Fofana are both starting to show signs of exhaustion because Bennacer is a shadow of his former self after two years of injury, RLC is useless and Musah is still figuring our where he belongs on the pitch. We’re 7th not because of our defense, but because we can’t buy a goal against relegation sides. And people like you can only say EMERSON EMERSON EMERSON? COME ON.
You are a American
Least needs? Why is every “experter” in here crying of how bad our right backs are in every article then?
I will keep saying it, people said the same about Cafu, on his way to play in Japan and he gave us great years, Walker is no Cafu but he’s still a world class player.
Walker on 1 leg would be better than Calabria and Emerson combined. Yes, his age is not ideal, BUt this guys has winner dna. 6 premier league titles and a UCL title. The winning mentality he is going to bring to the team is priceless.
This.
Thank you!!
And experience to a young shaky defense.
He’s not been dreadful at all and on a free. I swear if Milan bought him for 20m you’d think it was a better deal. He has plenty to offer in seria a and has won everything at club level. Get him in
Who wouldn’t want this deal. It would close the debate on who should start between emerson or Calabria. Neither. Walker is up there in age but he still competes at the very top and is probably one of the fastest and definitely has the most experience. Love the deal.
thank you
Can we not just get Kayode from Fiorentina. Give them Adli plus 5m
Dump Emerson for 5m to some club in China.
Job done
Better yet, ask Atalanta for Bellanova and use the CDK money
Should have signed Coulibaly from Parma for 3.5 million and it would be better than this. In any case Walker is definitely better than Emerson, he will be better in 2 years as well. So Conceicao already made them admit to the mistake they made and signed another RB.
City’s worst player last 18 months? Without the pace he has lost due to his age, he is not a good footballer. Tactically and technically he is mediocre, and if possible even worse than Emerson/Calabria going forward.
Much better deal and choice over Rashford.
I’ve watched most of City’s games and, when he’s played, other than a loss on his first step, he’s looked solid to me. He’s always in position, covers the back post well on corners (Royal was out of position in 3-4 goals this year), and centers the ball well. I love Calabria (I would have played Calabria for most of the year over Royal), but Walker is a big upgrade over DC.
This is a no brainer.
Totally agree. He can cover both CB and RB. He can play comfortably in a back three as well
These people don’t know what they’re talking about, I remember the same being said about Cafu Ringa, and then, hijacked the deal, 34 year old Right back on his way to retire in Japan. And formed one of the best defenses in Europe. Children that play FIFA and think they know football.
Kiddo, hush. Walker can’t lace Cafus boots
We wouldn’t pay money for a functioning CF, but we’ll fork out money for a 35 year old has been who’s been city’s worst player for over a year…and we still haven’t signed another midfielder to cover fofana and tiji. Does this ownership just want ppl to hate them?????
Anything to bench Emerson. I’ll chip in if needed. 🙂
I think I’d rather convert Musah to RB and have him invert into MF going forward. He’s tenacious 1v1, much better than Royal going forward and has the speed that neither Calabria nor Walker have.
I have one problem with this guy. He is British, and that should always be a bad idea.
Yesss!
Bringing Walker in basically kicks the can down the road for another year or two. It’s not a solution. It’s a bandaid.