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‘You know, he actually can play football’ – Walker on father’s influencepublished at 14:25 British Summer Time
England and Manchester City defender Kyle Walker says the tough love of his father helped him become an elite player.
Walker has enjoyed a glittering career at City, winning the Premier League six times as well as two FA Cups, four EFL Cups and the Champions League.
Speaking on the You’ll Never Beat Kyle Walker podcast the 34-year-old opened up on the influence his dad Michael has had on his career.
“I used to hate going to football with him,” Walker said.
“No matter if I played good or I played bad, I’d get in the car and I’d be reduced to tears. He’d say I wouldn’t have done this right, I wouldn’t have done that right.
“He didn’t do it because he wanted to hurt me. He did it because he cared.
“I could have scored three goals. But he would have said, ‘no, you should have scored six’. Only when I’ve got older in my career, he actually says ‘all right, well played son’.
“After a couple of years at City. I think he was then like ‘you know, he actually can play football’.”
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