Little-known rule prevents AC Milan from signing Marcus Rashford AND Kyle Walker
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Marcus Rashford and Kyle Walker are both heavily linked with joining AC Milan – but both England players cannot join the Italian club this January. Rashford’s career at Manchester United is over with the forward ‘ready for a new challenge’ and not in Ruben Amorim’s plans.
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Walker meanwhile has asked to leave Manchester City amid his struggling form, with Pep Guardiola suggesting he has has played his last game for the club. Despite both enduring a difficult season so far, there is much interest in the pair and Milan are said to be leading the race for the two Three Lions stars, with Rashford likely to leave on loan and Walker permanently, perhaps on a free transfer.
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However, both players will not be heading to the San Siro this month as a little-known rule means Milan will have to choose one or the other to sign. Serie A rules dictate that a club may only sign two non-EU players every season and Milan have already filled their quota for 2024/25.
In last summer’s transfer window they bought Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia) from Red Bull Salzburg and Emerson Royal (Brazil) from Tottenham. England striker Tammy Abraham was also signed on loan but as he joined from fellow Serie A side Roma he is exempt from the non-EU player rule.
They are however allowed to bring in a third player from outside the European Union providing they come from the UK or Albania. As a result, only one of Rashford or Walker can join Milan in January. If they want both, they’ll have to wait until this summer’s transfer window to open.
