Official: Kyle Walker undergoes surgery to repair elbow fracture | OneFootball

AC Milan have announced that Kyle Walker has sustained a problem with his right elbow and has undergone surgery on it.

It looked as though Milan were getting back towards having a clean bill of health with only Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Emerson Royal currently in the treatment room. However, the news came late last night that Walker has suffered a problem with his elbow and needed an operation.

The official website state: “AC Milan can confirm that Kyle Walker sustained a fracture in his right elbow today. To ensure better healing and optimise 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.”

It will be interesting to see what this means for the full-back’s chances of making his loan move a permanent one, a decision that Milan will have to make between now and the end of the season.

It was recently reported by the reliable Matteo Moretto that the Rossoneri leadership have two major doubts about the idea of signing Walker permanently. The first is his age, given that he is now 34 years old, and the second is the high salary that comes with that.