Kyle Walker, one of the decorated right-backs in the golden era of City helping Pep win multiple trophies including 6 leagues and 1 Champions League has revealed the secret regarding Guardiola’s comment about his transfer.
Kyle Walker Openly Talked About An “Uncomfortable Conversation” With Manchester City Boss Pep Guardiola Before His Transfer To AC Milan Raising Questions Regarding A Forceful Transfer Approach
The 34-year-old player has informed his willingness to leave the club during the winter transfer window and has joined AC Milan as a part of the loan deal. At the start of the season, he was the club captain and missed several matches since then, making him out of Pep Guardiola’s plan even when City struggled in League by becoming winless for almost 12 matches.
Walker has played around 319 official games under City and contributed to 6 goals and 23 assists for the team and has now left the club on loan with an option to buy for just €5m (£4.2m) in the summer. It shows desperateness of City to offload the Englishman and here controversy started regarding what happened that made a club captain leave the team in mid-season.
Kyle Walker Opened up Regarding His Conversation with City Boss
Walker admitted he had a difficult conversation with Pep regarding his desire to seek new challenges in a press conference on Monday. Walker stated, “When I spoke with Pep, it wasn't a very comfortable conversation - mainly because of the respect we have for each other.
“What he's won at Man City, I've won it too. I like to think he knows what I bring to a dressing room, the atmosphere I create”. He added, “City was my family - from the cooks to the cleaners, the kit men and physios. I like to think I was liked and helped everyone blend in. But things weren't going well there and I wasn't playing enough football. Hopefully, I can play a bit more here.
Kyle Prioritised to Take Challenges
“I could have stayed in Manchester, I would have honoured the contract if they hadn't let me leave because that's me as a person," Walker added. The Englishman said his gut feeling regarding say to some big club and the opportunity matches the challenge-seeking desire making Kyle interested in this.
Despite several controversies regarding his transfer Kyle clarified this transfer as his call stating how difficult it was to tell Guardiola who helped him a lot during this transfer saga.
H/T- Sports Mole
