Kyle Walker opens up on how 'whispers in his ear' key to AC Milan revival

Manchester City's on-loan star Kyle Walker has turned Fikayo Tomori into a translator as he tries to understand all the madness in Milan

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Jeremy Cross Chief Sports Writer

18:26, 17 Apr 2025

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Kyle Walker has enlisted Fikayo Tomori as his translator(Image: Getty Images)

Kyle Walker is using AC Milan team-mate Fikayo Tomori as a translator to help him learn the Italian language.

Walker has joined on-loan from Manchester City, after insisting he wanted a fresh challenge.

And one of these is understanding what Milan boss Sergio Conceicao is saying during team meetings, training sessions and games.

So Walker has turned to fellow Englishman Tomori for help - in a bid to know what is going on.

The England defender told The Kyle Walker Podcast: Hes helped me massively. His Italian is fantastic. Absolutely brilliant.

[Fikayo Tomori, Tammy Abraham and Alejandro Jimenez of AC Milan celebrate the victory at the end of the Serie A match between Como 1907 and AC Milan at Stadio G. Sinigaglia on January 14, 2025 in Como, Italy.]

Fikayo Tomori has impressed in Milan(Image: Getty Images)

I have to sit next to him in meetings or when were in the huddle before the training, the managers explaining the training session, and hes just whispering in my ear everything that hes saying.

But, I think the only way that youre going to learn the language is if you just keep hearing people speak, you keep hearing the same little phrases and stuff like that.

When hes speaking on the board and hes moving the markers and everything like that, and youre seeing when hes moving the pen and doing the video, everyone speaks football.

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So, I kind of get it. But when hes doing his team talks before we go to the game and trying to get us going, Fiks always whispering in my ear and telling me what hes saying.

The manager speaks in Italian and then I have to go to Fik and stand on his right shoulder, and he just whispers into my left ear.

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So its a balance. Im enjoying it, Im enjoying the culture and Im liking it out here.

To listen to the latest episode go to: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0l4q7gh

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