MILAN (ITALPRESS) – “Playing for this club, wearing this historic jersey is something fantastic. It was a great ambition for my career to try a new experience and I thought it was a great opportunity to come here and express my talent.” These are Kyle Walker’s first words as a new Milan player. “I want to prove I am performing not only in the Premier but also in Serie A, I want to get this team back to where it needs to be in the league,” he added, “What convinced me to choose AC Milan? The history and the project that Ibra proposed to me. This team has qualities, these players have qualities, otherwise they would not be here. It takes a bit of presumption that does not mean arrogance. You have to work hard and the results will come.” Pushing Walker to the Rossoneri, as mentioned, is the desire to measure himself against another league. “Life is made of challenges. I talked to many players and former players who have not tried experiences outside the Premier and would have liked to do so. I could have stayed in Manchester but when a club like Milan is interested in you, you cannot say no. It’s the kind of challenge I wanted. A bonus in case of winning the Champions League? It would be a dream to win Champions here as well. But I don’t play for money, I play for passion. At City I wasn’t playing enough anymore, so I came here to play more and win trophies. Will I bring my leadership? I have to. With my age and experience I can pass this message to younger people but I cannot do it alone. However, there are other leaders here,” added the former City man.Alongside Walker was Zlatan Ibrahimovic. “I don’t need to explain what a player he is, his statistics speak for themselves. He made the history of City, so for us he is a big blow: he is a great leader on and off the field, he has great experience and will bring quality. Some of you will ask me why another right-back but it was a situation you could not say no to, better to have him than not to have him,” he added, “We are confident that he will be very important for this team. Ibra also talks about the market. “We have our goals but it is not an easy market, in fact, very difficult. Kyle was not a target but this situation has arisen. We are working on what we need according to us and according to the coach. We know what we want to do. Gimenez? He is a talented player with great potential. Do we need a midfielder? We have a great midfielder but he is injured like Loftus-Cheek, Bennacer has just returned, there is Fofana, Reijnders, we are strong there. Let’s see what is created and what we can do – Ibra said again – Jovic-Monza? There is no news, let’s see what will happen and what is even better for the player.” Inevitable then to return to what happened between Conceicao and Calabria at the end of Milan-Parma. “There was a lot of adrenaline, a hot moment, two winners who did what they did. These are situations that have happened a thousand times to me. The important thing then is that it is resolved and it was resolved before entering the locker room. As Capello taught me, these are things that are good for the team. They better happen otherwise they don’t seem to care.” Infina a joke about the renewals of Maignan, Reijnders and Theo: “We talk every day with them, everything is under control. We talk to everyone, not just them, they are all fine here and want to continue playing for Milan.” – photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
