AC Milan are closing in on the signing of Kyle Walker from Manchester City and are hopeful of finalising a deal in the coming days, it is claimed.
According to what is being reported by The Telegraph, Zlatan Ibrahimovic ‘has played an important role in putting together a deal’ for Walker. The Rossoneri management are ready to offer a two-and-a-half-year contract, therefore running until 2027.
Walker will ‘compete for a first-team spot’ at Milan and will aim to secure a ‘regular place’. There have been links with a potential switch to the Saudi Pro League, but the Rossoneri ‘are the only club pushing for a deal at the moment’.
Walker has just under 18 months left on his contract with City so a transfer fee would be expected, especially given how valuable he has been under Pep Guardiola and the fact that he is the club captain. However, he is 34 so it would not be a huge sum.
That goes against what Matteo Moretto of Relevo said on the matter, as he stated that Milan are confident they might be able to get the England international on a free, given that he has asked to leave.
Guardiola insisted he would not stand in the way of Walker’s exit when asked after the FA Cup win over Salford about his future.
“Two days ago Kyle asked to explore the options to play abroad. We cannot understand [what] the club did these years without Kyle. It’s impossible,” he said.
“He’s been our right-back, giving us something we didn’t have. But now in his mind, for many reasons, he would like to explore if he can go to another country to play his last years.”
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