The Kyle Walker Podcast Folgen

On the week's episode, Kyle and Chris discuss how the Manchester City skipper got into football and his early career, which took him from Sheffield United through the lower-league loan system. The pair start on the Lansdowne Estate in Sheffield where they discuss the earliest games Kyle played in the playgrounds with his friends, before attending sessions for Football Unites, Racism Divides and being recommended to The Blades by one of the coaches. They then talk about the early days at Bramall Lane, cleaning the boots of the senior players, and what it was like for a lifelong fan of the club to sign professional forms. Kyle discusses his early loans, notably at Northampton under the stewardship of Stuart Gray, and the hilarious story of how his parents drove him to the training ground on the first day because they were scared of him being on the motorway, and how they walked in and watched training. They talk about Kyle's debut and his first games, and the transition from being a centre forward to a right back, having to mark experienced strikers. The pair finish by talking about how his first season as a professional ended up at Wembley in the Playoff Final and the pain of losing 1-0 to Burnley, and whether now, in the autumn of his career, he would consider ending his career back where it all started, at Bramall Lane.

Chris and Kyle are back together again to talk through the Euro 2024 knockout stages, and look at how England lost the final to Spain. The pair begin by reflecting on the quarter-final against Switzerland and discussing what changes to the back four - Konsa for Guéhi - meant; how you approach extra time in a knockout tournament; the pressure on defenders to not make a mistake; and how the team planned for, and carried out, penalties. They then switch their attentions to the Dutch and the semi-final and how you tackle a team full of Premier League players. Kyle talks about playing against teammates like Nathan Aké, marking Virgil van Dijk at set-pieces and trash-talking him; and what he saw when Ollie Watkins was slid in by Cole Palmer in the final minute of the game. Chris and Kyle then look back on the emotions of the final, how Spain were allowed to dominate, what the feeling was when the game got back to 1-1, and how close Kyle was to blocking Marc Cucurella’s cross that led to Spain’s winner. He then discusses his emotions afterwards, and how he cried because of losing his second Euros final. He finishes up by before sending a message of thanks to Gareth Southgate.

Chris and Kyle are back together for the first time since Euro 2024 to dig really deep into what happened at Euro 2024, from inside the England camp. The pair go back to the start of the tournament and work their way through chronologically, breaking down the big calls from the manager in terms of the initial squad selection - Grealish in or out - and going through the group stages in great detail, analysing what went right - and wrong - against Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia, before England navigated the group stages. Together they talk about the goals, the negative reaction from the fans, dealing with the boo-boys, and what kept the squad amused during camp. And the pair get into the weeds on the tactics, on the big moments in each game, why Kyle didn't think about shooting when one v one in the opening game, and just what exactly you can get from a "hoy" into the box in the 4th minute of injury time needing a goal to progress to the quarter-finals.