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Kyle Walker has defended his heated outburst towards AC Milan teammate Joao Felix.
The 34-year-old English worldwide made headlines after he was noticed giving Chelsea flop Felix a dressing down at half-time whereas Milan had been trailing 2-0 to Napoli final month.
Walker instructed Felix to ‘move the ball’, including ‘we’re not Messi’ because the Milan gamers trudged out of the dressing room for the second half.
Felix was substituted simply 10 minutes later as Milan went on to lose 2-1 to the second positioned aspect.
Walker doubled down on his feedback, claiming he would not have ‘modified something I did say’, including that Felix agreed with him.
‘It wasn’t me saying to Joao “you are not Messi, move the ball” It was saying “let’s be sure that now we have a course of.” He agreed with me and mentioned we have to have extra passes and a bit extra management,’ he instructed BBC’s The Kyle Walker Podcast.
Walker instructed Felix to ‘move the ball’, including ‘we’re not Messi’ throughout Milan’s defeat to Napoli
Walker doubled down on his feedback, claiming he would not have modified something he mentioned
Kyle Walker, who has made 95 appearances for England, joined AC Milan on mortgage in January
‘I did not simply say it to Joao. I did not know there was a digicam there. However I nonetheless would not have modified something I did say.’
Walker, who joined AC Milan on mortgage in January after a seven-and-a-half 12 months keep at Manchester Metropolis, added: ‘The remark I mentioned was no person is Messi.
‘That is in each workforce on the planet bar sure people who can flip a sport on its head after they wish to.
‘I give them their plaudits – it is Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr, Mo Salah and Ousmane Dembele, who has been on fireplace because the begin of the 12 months.
‘Other than that you just say it is a workforce sport.’
Walker hit the bottom working in Italy with three unbeaten outcomes from his first three begins.
He has featured 12 occasions in all competitions for the Rossoneri however is presently sidelined after present process surgical procedure on a fractured elbow.
His switch got here with an choice to purchase and Milan are hoping it’ll take a price of up simply £1.7m to safe his providers completely.
Milan have endured a disappointing league marketing campaign underneath Portuguese boss Sergio Conceicao.
Joao Felix, who joined AC Milan on mortgage from Chelsea, is but to attain in ten league video games
AC Milan secured their place within the Copa Italia last with a 3-0 win over Inter final night time
They sit in ninth place, 20 factors behind their arch-rivals and leaders Inter Milan and crashed out of the Champions League to Dutch aspect Feyenoords in February.
Nonetheless, they secured their place within the Copa Italia last with a thumping 3-0 win over Inter final night time.
Felix, who additionally joined Milan on mortgage in January, is but to attain in ten league video games.
In the meantime, Walker was filled with reward for teammate Rafael Leao.
The previous Spurs defender mentioned: ‘What I used to be saying to Joao is Leao is incredible. One of many gamers who you may give him the ball and he can go previous three, 4, 5 gamers and put it within the high bin.
‘At [Manchester] Metropolis most of our pleasure during the last variety of years was from a course of. All the things was the method of figuring out the place you had been on the pitch. That was with passes.
‘If in case you have a participant like Messi he can tackle 4 gamers and put it behind the online. It makes the sport a lot simpler.
‘However towards good-level opposition like Napoli I really feel you want a technique of passing the ball and sporting them down. Then the gaps seem. That was the dialog with Joao.’
