Jose Mourinho identifies six-time Premier League title winner as summer transfer target

Kyle Walker has received an offer to join Fenerbahce, talkSPORT understands. The England right-back has been strongly linked with making a permanent move away from Man City this summer, after spending the second half of the season on loan at AC Milan. Walker was given a shot by England boss Thomas Tuchel during the international break, but the manager admitted he didn’t have his best gameGetty Fenerbahce have a significant transfer budget this summer, some of which was originally allocated for Leroy Sane before losing out to Super Lig rivals Galatasaray. Jose Mourinho’s side lost out in the title race to their Istanbul arch rivals, finishing in second place but 11 points adrift of champions Gala, and the manager will be keen to strengthen. Mourinho had six former Premier League players in his squad this season, with former Man City striker Edin Dzeko already saying his goodbyes to the club having departed at the end of his two-year contract, which saw him contribute 46 goals and 18 assists in 99 matches for the Yellow Canaries. Fenerbahce also have ex-Leicester City defender Caglar Soyuncu, ex-Manchester United midfielder Fred, ex-Aston Villa centre-back Diego Carlos and ex-Everton striker Cenk Tosun in their squad, while another ex-United star Sofyan Amrabat spent the last season on loan from Fiorentina. Mourinho had looked to sign Sane when it became clear he had no future at Bayern Munich. The ex-Man City winger was linked with a return to the Premier League and a possible move to Arsenal, but instead decided on a move to Turkey – unfortunately for Mourinho he chose Galatasaray over his club. But now they could add Walker to that list, having submitted an official bid to City for the England international. Despite refusing to rule out a possible stay at the Etihad, it appears Walker’s Man City career is over. The 35-year-old revealed on his podcast that Pep Guardiola appeared to say farewell for good before his loan move to Italy. “When you come to say goodbye, it’s hard,” he said. Walker’s move to AC Milan wasn’t an overwhelming success and they Italian giants opted not to give him a permanent dealGetty Guardiola appears to have already said goodbye to Walker at Man CityGetty “After I said my goodbyes, Pep got up and spoke and said a really nice message to me, just saying thank you for everything. “But listen, it’s not over, I’m just on loan here [AC Milan]. I’ve got to take into consideration that I can go back. “Obviously, both parties need to come to an agreement by the end of the season. Listen, the chapter’s not fully closed, but we’ll see what happens.” Ultimately no agreement was reached with Milan, who decided against signing Walker permanently at the end of his loan move. His short spell in Italy started positively, but by the end of the season the defender found himself in and out of the team and he left at the end of the season having made 16 appearances. City’s £36.3million swoop for Wolves right-back Rayan Ait-Nouri further signalled Guardiola’s intention to move on from the veteran defender. Mourinho is looking to strengthen this summer after four straight second-place finishes for Fenerbahce in the Turkish Super LigGetty Walker was also linked with a move to Saudi Arabia, but he now looks set for a second venture into European football with Fenerbahce. Mourinho is planning to make full use of his transfer kitty this summer after four straight runners-up finishes in the Turkish Super Lig, with Fenerbahce also linked with an interest in Juventus forward Dusan Vlahovic as a possible replacement for Dzeko. Jonathan David is another target linked, although there are plenty of other clubs keen on the free agent forward, including in the Premier League. A move to Turkey could coincide with the end of Walker’s international career, with England manager Thomas Tuchel admitting his time in the Three Lions squad might be over. Eyebrows were raised when the right-back was selected for the recent international break despite his form this season, and there was further shock when Walker was picked to start against Senegal – which ended in a surprise 3-1 defeat. Tuchel joined talkSPORT for an exclusive interview this week, when he was played a question from a caller who asked why he continued to pick and play Walker and Jordan Henderson. While the German boss defended Henderson and described as an indispensable part of his plans going forward, he didn’t say the same for the defender. He said: “Yeah fair enough, especially after yesterday, fair enough, good question. “I am aware that Kyle gets a lot of criticism for his performance yesterday and I am sure that we are all aware that he had not his best day. “But Trent [Alexander-Arnold] is also out of rhythm lately in the week, so it is also a little bit about alternatives who could have been with us.

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Jose Mourinho identifies six-time Premier League title winner as summer transfer target

Kyle Walker has received an offer to join Fenerbahce, talkSPORT understands.

The England right-back has been strongly linked with making a permanent move away from Man City this summer, after spending the second half of the season on loan at AC Milan.

Walker was given a shot by England boss Thomas Tuchel during the international break, but the manager admitted he didn’t have his best game

Fenerbahce have a significant transfer budget this summer, some of which was originally allocated for Leroy Sane before losing out to Super Lig rivals Galatasaray.

Jose Mourinho’s side lost out in the title race to their Istanbul arch rivals, finishing in second place but 11 points adrift of champions Gala, and the manager will be keen to strengthen.

Mourinho had six former Premier League players in his squad this season, with former Man City striker Edin Dzeko already saying his goodbyes to the club having departed at the end of his two-year contract, which saw him contribute 46 goals and 18 assists in 99 matches for the Yellow Canaries.

Fenerbahce also have ex-Leicester City defender Caglar Soyuncu, ex-Manchester United midfielder Fred, ex-Aston Villa centre-back Diego Carlos and ex-Everton striker Cenk Tosun in their squad, while another ex-United star Sofyan Amrabat spent the last season on loan from Fiorentina.

Mourinho had looked to sign Sane when it became clear he had no future at Bayern Munich.

The ex-Man City winger was linked with a return to the Premier League and a possible move to Arsenal, but instead decided on a move to Turkey – unfortunately for Mourinho he chose Galatasaray over his club.

But now they could add Walker to that list, having submitted an official bid to City for the England international.

Despite refusing to rule out a possible stay at the Etihad, it appears Walker’s Man City career is over.

The 35-year-old revealed on his podcast that Pep Guardiola appeared to say farewell for good before his loan move to Italy.

“When you come to say goodbye, it’s hard,” he said.

Walker’s move to AC Milan wasn’t an overwhelming success and they Italian giants opted not to give him a permanent deal

Guardiola appears to have already said goodbye to Walker at Man City

“After I said my goodbyes, Pep got up and spoke and said a really nice message to me, just saying thank you for everything.

“But listen, it’s not over, I’m just on loan here [AC Milan]. I’ve got to take into consideration that I can go back.

“Obviously, both parties need to come to an agreement by the end of the season. Listen, the chapter’s not fully closed, but we’ll see what happens.”

Ultimately no agreement was reached with Milan, who decided against signing Walker permanently at the end of his loan move.

His short spell in Italy started positively, but by the end of the season the defender found himself in and out of the team and he left at the end of the season having made 16 appearances.

City’s £36.3million swoop for Wolves right-back Rayan Ait-Nouri further signalled Guardiola’s intention to move on from the veteran defender.

Mourinho is looking to strengthen this summer after four straight second-place finishes for Fenerbahce in the Turkish Super Lig

Walker was also linked with a move to Saudi Arabia, but he now looks set for a second venture into European football with Fenerbahce.

Mourinho is planning to make full use of his transfer kitty this summer after four straight runners-up finishes in the Turkish Super Lig, with Fenerbahce also linked with an interest in Juventus forward Dusan Vlahovic as a possible replacement for Dzeko.

Jonathan David is another target linked, although there are plenty of other clubs keen on the free agent forward, including in the Premier League.

A move to Turkey could coincide with the end of Walker’s international career, with England manager Thomas Tuchel admitting his time in the Three Lions squad might be over.

Eyebrows were raised when the right-back was selected for the recent international break despite his form this season, and there was further shock when Walker was picked to start against Senegal – which ended in a surprise 3-1 defeat.

Tuchel joined talkSPORT for an exclusive interview this week, when he was played a question from a caller who asked why he continued to pick and play Walker and Jordan Henderson.

While the German boss defended Henderson and described as an indispensable part of his plans going forward, he didn’t say the same for the defender.

He said: “Yeah fair enough, especially after yesterday, fair enough, good question.

“I am aware that Kyle gets a lot of criticism for his performance yesterday and I am sure that we are all aware that he had not his best day.

“But Trent [Alexander-Arnold] is also out of rhythm lately in the week, so it is also a little bit about alternatives who could have been with us.

“We decided to give Tino Livramento the chance to play his last tournament for the U21s, which is highly valuable tournament for us to see him there in a leadership role – taking responsibility, knowing that it is on his shoulders.

“So yeah, we did not make ourselves easy with the nomination. I can see. I can understand the question.”