Kyle Walker

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He's 33. At some point he'll lose his pace. He's been great for us and will be missed but we need to keep freshening the squad if our amazing success is to be sustained. Good luck to him.
 
"but has probably just about justified the 50m"

Justified???? are you serious?

He has been an incredible signing, a huge if not MASSIVE part of our success under Pep.

See,this is why you are blinkered and obviously upset at the fact he could be leaving

Now take your emotions away just for a minute and say to yourself 50m for a full back,now say it again in your head 50m

Incredible is a strong word, but could be described for umpteen players who have worn the blue shirt over the last ten years or so,and who’ve cost a lot less

He’s been responsible for quite a few fuck ups as well,pace has got him out of trouble on more than one occasion as well

If you don’t believe me,look back in player performance thread over last few years

So like I say take your early morning emotions away……..just for a minute
 
But to be balanced, you’d also have to consider whether keeping a player that considers his City chapter to be over, would also be making us worse. It’s unlikely, after a treble and three-peat, and a summer where Walker’s seemingly made it clear he wants a new challenge, that he’d have anywhere near the hunger to produce at the level he has been. He’s also been guilty this season of making the ‘bad faces’ that Pep hates. That’s going to be an even bigger issue if he stays without the desire to go again, as he’ll find himself playing much less.

It’s just normal after such extreme success that some of those that have been here the longest mentally check out of the club. The Champions League was the final piece for quite a few of them. Winning it as part of a treble just closes the chapter even more emphatically.

As a general comment, possibly. Walker is not that player. He has a huge ego (in a good way), is competative, and I have no doubt if he stayed there would be no issue with his hunger. Plus you get the chance to create history by being part of the first team to win 4PLs or retain the CL, which should really motivate everyone.
 
See,this is why you are blinkered and obviously upset at the fact he could be leaving

Now take your emotions away just for a minute and say to yourself 50m for a full back,now say it again in your head 50m

Incredible is a strong word, but could be described for umpteen players who have worn the blue shirt over the last ten years or so,and who’ve cost a lot less

He’s been responsible for quite a few fuck ups as well,pace has got him out of trouble on more than one occasion as well

If you don’t believe me,look back in player performance thread over last few years

So like I say take your early morning emotions away……..just for a minute
I am not a fan boy of any player, they come and they go.

"major Fuck ups" like 5 titles, champions league, 4 league cups, 2 FA Cups, what a fucking loser Walker is.

But if we had paid 100m for Walker he would have been great value.

When we signed him I though Levy had taken our pants down, how gloriously wrong I was.

Great player, great character and a winner.


Good luck to him if he goes, he does not owe us anything.
 
I am not a fan boy of any player, they come and they go.

"major Fuck ups" like 5 titles, champions league, 4 league cups, 2 FA Cups, what a fucking loser Walker is.

But if we had paid 100m for Walker he would have been great value.

When we signed him I though Levy had taken our pants down, how gloriously wrong I was.

Great player, great character and a winner.


Good luck to him if he goes, he does not owe us anything.

You are a fanboy look at the first page on his thread you are there in your blaze of glory waving the flag just under 12 months ago

And if you think it’s just him whose been responsible for the titles you’ve just ranted at me then you’re a bigger dickhead than what I thought

So calm the fuck down,you have reacted to something I’ve said,I’m defending what I’ve said but you are coming out with childish shit like yea what a fucking loser Walker is,I’ve not said that have I ?
 
Nowhere near. Be surprised if it was any fee in all honesty.

He's easily a 30m player in today's market, even with a year left, at his age. And clubs like Bayern should not have an issue paying that.

You are possibly right, in that the club won't put that over letting him go where he wants to though. I would still say it will be over 15m.

Doesn't send a good message to other players (like bernardo), letting someone else go for pennies, when the club consistently say bring the right offer and you can go.

We got decent and fair value for Sterling, Jesus, Zinchenko, Torres, without standing in their way, so I'd think we will for Walker too.
 
Club probably offering a 1-year contract and he’s after a longer term on decent money, so cashing in whilst he has market value

I'm not sure he'll be cashing in that much at Bayern. If he does fancy a change, I think it would be more the new challenge than the money driving it.
 
He's easily a 30m player in today's market, even with a year left, at his age. And clubs like Bayern should not have an issue paying that.

You are possibly right, in that the club won't put that over letting him go where he wants to though. I would still say it will be over 15m.

Doesn't send a good message to other players (like bernardo), letting someone else go for pennies, when the club consistently say bring the right offer and you can go.

We got decent and fair value for Sterling, Jesus, Zinchenko, Torres, without standing in their way, so I'd think we will for Walker too.

If he is *easily* worth 30m, Bayern will pay 30m. Imo, they won't pay more than 10-15m.

The thing with Walker is that fitness wise he's less reliable than he used to be. The last time Walker started over 20 league games was, IIRC, back in 19/20. Things can get only worse from here.
 
I am not a fan boy of any player, they come and they go.

"major Fuck ups" like 5 titles, champions league, 4 league cups, 2 FA Cups, what a fucking loser Walker is.

But if we had paid 100m for Walker he would have been great value.

When we signed him I though Levy had taken our pants down, how gloriously wrong I was.

Great player, great character and a winner.


Good luck to him if he goes, he does not owe us anything.

Amen
 
One player I never saw leaving. Going to be incredibly tough to replace and this season more than any he has been fantastic. Great servant to the club and really sad to see him go.
 
If he is *easily* worth 30m, Bayern will pay 30m. Imo, they won't pay more than 10-15m.

The thing with Walker is that fitness wise he's less reliable than he used to be. The last time Walker started over 20 league games was, IIRC, back in 19/20. Things can get only worse from here.

£10m max if Bayern are serious
 
I'm not sure he'll be cashing in that much at Bayern. If he does fancy a change, I think it would be more the new challenge than the money driving it.
A bit of both to be fair.

No 33 year old is turning down a huge multi year contract and the fact that Bayern are also a huge club that wins titles for fun is a huge bonus.

Great place for Walker to end his career, and what a career he has had.
 
Over his time at city i think he has been the best RB in the the world. Never worry about him defensively against anyone. Has easily stopped Mbappe, Viniscus, Rashford etc. Personally don’t think he will leave and reckon he will do the last season of his contract.

Kyle has been absolutely outstanding for us imo.

Without doubt, bona fide world class in his position.

Plays with an unbelievable level of authority even against world class opponents.

I’d be gutted if he goes.
 
Had a feeling he was off earlier in the season, slightly falling out of favour and the team has evolved beyond him a bit.

Mixed emotions because I think he's definitely the best defensive right back in the world, but would only ever wish him all the best. I do wonder if (what seems to be) the final coda of his city career since Easter has been driven by his knowledge he wanted to burn as bright as possible before riding off into the sunset?

Other mixed metaphors are available.
 
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