Kyle Walker has been speaking to The Telegraph about life after Tottenham, and he made a number of interesting comments.
What’s the story?
Well, the Manchester City defender revealed that he called his Dad after thinking he’d made a mistake when leaving Spurs in 2017.
Walker also shed light on his decision to leave Tottenham, citing the pain of watching others win silverware as the main reason.
Speaking to The Telegraph, the 31-year-old said: “When I first walked up the Wembley steps to pick up the Carabao Cup, it was a relief but I got the addiction. Whereas before I was normally at the team standing down at the bottom giving the token gesture clap.
“That’s not addictive. You don’t want to do that. It’s the worst position in football I’ve felt where you’re clapping another team that has gone and beaten you and they’re lifting the trophy you dreamt of winning. I’d rather just not do it.”
Clearly, Walker was fed up with the lack of medals in his locker, and wanted to win trophies – you can’t blame him for that.
In eight years at Tottenham, where he amassed 229 appearances, the £150,000-a-week right-back didn’t win a single trophy.
Now, as he approaches that landmark with the Citizens – who he has currently made 212 outings for – he has won three Premier League titles, along with one FA Cup and four Carabao Cups.
Tottenham may have more Kyle Walker situations
In Antonio Conte doesn’t guide Tottenham to silverware, we’re afraid Spurs fans may have to suffer more departures like when Walker left.
Players want to win trophies, and unless they’re exceptionally happy in N17 with Spurs, they will presumably agitate to join a side better placed to win things.
The likes of Dejan Kulusevski and Cristian Romero won’t hang around for long if it becomes apparent that Spurs are getting no closer to silverware.
In truth, it’s a surprise that players like Hugo Lloris and Heung-min Son haven’t pushed for a move like Harry Kane, as they could’ve easily played for trophy-winning sides.
Hopefully, Conte can guide Tottenham to success next season, and Spurs fans won’t have any repeats of these painful exits.
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