Kyle Walker: ‘The whole England vibe is different – we’ve taken huge steps’

26 May 2018 09:35
Kyle Walker believes his humble background has kept him grounded and England’s World Cup team have moved on from Euro 2016It will soon be a year since Manchester City raised eyebrows by paying £50m for a full-back. Actually they paid £102m for two full-backs last summer, though Benjamin Mendy was to spend most of the season out injured. Kyle Walker, the original defensive investment, has enjoyed such a comfortable assimilation into City’s title-winning side and Pep Guardiola’s way of thinking that the fee is already starting to look a comparative bargain – to outsiders, at least. The traded commodity himself has never worried too much about valuation.“As a player you don’t put a price tag on your own head,” Walker explains, taking a break from England’s preparations for their pre-World Cup friendlies. “You can’t go around thinking: ‘I’m worth that much.’ It is just business that gets sorted out by the chairmen. For me there was a little bit of proving people wrong, because a fee like that does attract attention, but I think we could all see the transfer market went a little crazy in the end.” Related: We're going to Russia to win World Cup, says England captain Harry Kane Related: Kyle Walker for £50m? Collective madness has gripped the Premier League | Jonathan Wilson Continue readingreadfullarticle

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