Real Madrid rejected the opportunity sign The former Chief of Manchester City Kyle Walker this month before completing his passage to AC Milan, according to a report in Spain.
The side veteran said Pep Guardiola From his desire to spend the remaining years of his career playing abroad shortly after the January transfer window opened. Milan was immediately presented as the strongest suitors, Despite the interest of their rivals of the city the Inter, and ultimately announced his arrival on Friday.
However, the Spanish publication Frame He claims that Real Madrid was offered the opportunity to sign Walker as a loan for six months if he covered the cost of his salary at City. The Spanish giants rejected this proposal.
While Carlo Ancelotti has it supposedly confronted With the club’s hierarchy due to the lack of defensive reinforcements this month, the position of Madrid in the January window has been clear: Trent Alexander-Arnold or nothing.
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Liverpool’s right side has been the Object of multiple offers Of the Spanish giants this month, all of them rejected by the leaders of the Premier League of Arne Slot. Merseyside’s dress has As it was decided To keep his graduate from Academy at Anfield for the rest of the current campaign in the hope that it will be persuaded to sign a new contract extension before his current agreement expires in the summer.
Madrid is about to attach to Alexander-Arnold with a free transfer in July and never intended to complicate this movement by acquiring its compatriot that plays in the same position.
Ancelotti desperately needs right-wing reinforcements, which helps explain the club’s first offers for Alexander-Arnold. After the knee injury that Dani Carvajal finished in October, the end converted Lucas Vázquez has been the first option of Madrid on the right side of the defense.
The popular 33 -year -old player has struggled under the scrutiny of so much play, forcing Angelotti to sporadically deploy the defensive midfielder Federico Valverde in this role. Despite the defensive difficulties that the club has supported, which include consecutive goals at the hands of Barcelona – They rejected the opportunity to sign Walker.
