“Kyle Walker has decided to leave. He is one of the most powerful, agile and durable defenders we have, but decided to leave the club,” coach Pep Guardiola revealed the unhappy when he said he said Regarding the farewell of Man City’s captain, before the match against Chelsea in the 23rd round of the Premier League at 0:30 on January 26.
Kyle Walker has had 8 seasons for Man City since 2017, won 17 championship titles, including the Champions League championship and the famous “trio” of the 2022 – 2023 season.
Season 2024 – 2025, at the age of 34, Kyle Walker is still the mainstay of Man City. However, because of the bad series of matches from November and December 2024, Pep Guardiola coach no longer trusted in Kyle Walker, because he often made mistakes leading to many losses.
Recently, Kyle Walker has often been pushed by coach Pep Guardiola on the bench. Therefore, it has led to the decision of this veteran defender to go away and choose AC Milan as a new stop. Kyle Walker joined the famous Italian team with the loan contract until the end of the season, with the terms of buying and unemployed.
Instead of Kyle Walker, Man City bought 3 new stars, including two defenders that could play well in the center -back position, Abdukodir Khusanov (Uzbekistan) from the Lens (France) and Vitor Reis (Brazil) Palmeiras Club. Besides, striker Omar Marmoush, Egypt from Frankfurt Club (Germany). The total of these 3 contracts worth up to 152 million euros, through which, Man City has become the most spending team so far in the winter transfer window.
According to coach Pep Guardiola: “Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Marmoush quickly integrate, and will both participate in Man City’s squad for the match against Chelsea. But Ruben Dias and Doku will be absent from injury.”
Man City has rediscovered the joy of winning with the last 5 matches in the Unbelieving Premier League, including 3 wins and 2 draws, rising to the 5th place only 2 points behind Chelsea. If this direct opponent is defeated, “Green Man” will continue his revival process to return to the top 4 and can return to the championship race with Liverpool (there are 50 points, lead the table and also 1 The match is not in hand).
Neymar chose to return to the Santos Club?
According to Ge Globo (Brazil), Neymar has 95 % of the possibility of joining the Santos Club at the end of January when the winter transfer window is closed.
Neymar and Al Hilal Club are discussing the end of the contract early. In particular, the Saudi Arabia team wants the 32 -year -old Brazilian to give up the proposal to compensate about 63 million euros, or at least reduce this amount and extend the payment term. Thereby, they will let him go freely to join the Santos Club.
Also according to GE Globo, if everything goes smoothly, Neymar will sign a contract with Santos with a term of 6 months (to 30.6) and the next year’s extension option after the 2026 World Cup.
Santos Club is racing with time, in which searching for new sponsors to have funds for Neymar’s grave (mainly to pay very high salaries). They also left many incentives for this player to buy shares of the team.
Currently, Neymar still practices recovering from the end of the year. This star needs to return to the competition to seek the opportunity to return to the Brazilian team to prepare for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in South America in March.