Kyle Walker undergoes surgery on elbow fracture and ruled out indefinitely in huge blow to AC Milan star
KYLE WALKER has had surgery after fracturing his elbow in training.
It is unclear how long the on-loan Manchester City right-back will be out for – with seven games left of the Serie A season.
A statement read: “AC Milan can confirm that Kyle Walker sustained a fracture in his right elbow today.
“To ensure better healing and optimize recovery time, the player underwent surgery in Milan to repair the olecranon through osteosynthesis.
“The operation went perfectly to plan. Kyle will begin rehabilitation immediately.”
Walker, who turns 35 in May, arrived in Italy in January after leaving City following eight trophy-laden years.
He has since played eight Serie A matches — starting seven of them — as well as four in the Champions League and two in the Italian Cup.
And Walker is expected to make his move to Milan permanent in the summer.
The defender – who recently signed an underwear deal with Hugo Boss – did admit his City exit was an emotional one.
He revealed on his podcast: “I said to the team manager…the player liaison officer, I said that I wanted to say goodbye to the lads in the canteen before I left when I knew the deal was complete.
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“And he actually texted the whole building! So, there were 150 people there and I had to say goodbye, which was a little bit nerve-wracking.
“It was sad because as much as people might have this persona about me or whatever, I did speak to completely everyone in that building from the cleaners, to the cooks, to the kit men, to the physios.
“There was the lady there, Emma, that would be behind the counter and serve you food, or get your drinks and whatever.
“And even when I looked over at her, I wanted to cry because it was like every day I’ve said, ‘Morning’ to you and given you a cuddle, and all of a sudden now I’m not going to see you anymore, and you don’t think about that when the process is happening, but then when you come to say goodbye, it’s hard.”