Walker wants to leave City and could be a reinforcement for a Portuguese player
Pep Guardiola has revealed that the Manchester City defender wants to explore options abroad

Manchester City captain Kyle Walker has informed the club that he wants to leave during this transfer window. This was revealed by City boss Pep Guardiola after the convincing 8-0 win over Salford, in which the defender did not feature.
“Two days ago Kyle expressed his desire to explore options to play abroad towards the end of his career. He is our right-back and offers us something we didn’t have, but now he is considering the possibility of going to another country to play out his final years, for various reasons. That is why I prefer to play with footballers whose thoughts are here. He went to Txiki Begiristain. He asked to look at the options, but that doesn’t mean it will happen, because you never know how the situation will develop,” explained Guardiola.
“ Kyle Walker expressed his desire to leave two years ago, after the treble . Bayern Munich were interested, but the offer was not attractive enough and the club communicated to him how important it was. We would not have achieved the successes of the last few years without Kyle, it would have been impossible. I respect him a lot, because I am more than grateful to him, considering he has been with us for so many years. In his first season here we started winning, winning, winning, winning, winning. He is crucial for both the national team and our team, but he said to us: ‘In my head and in my heart, I want to explore my options’. I don’t know what will happen,” added the coach.
According to the English newspaper Telegraph , Milan , now coached by Sergio Conceicao, are the favourites to sign the 34-year-old and are confident of being able to attract him. A formal offer has not yet been submitted for Walker , whose contract expires in a year and a half, but the Rossoneri have already started negotiations. The Italian club’s interest in the England international is not surprising, considering the imminent end of their captain Davide Calabria ‘s contract , the unconvincing performances of summer signing Emerson Royal and the serious injury to veteran Alessandro Florenzi . Interestingly, the Milan giants are also in talks with Manchester United for the transfer of left winger Marcus Rashford .