Kyle Walker: Man City Career, Pep Guardiola’s Genius & Arsenal’s Corners | The Overlap Exclusive
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Kyle Walker sits down with Gary Neville for an exclusive interview, brought to you by Sky Bet.
The conversation begins with Kyle’s journey in football, starting at Sheffield United before earning a move to Tottenham Hotspur, where he established himself as one of the Premier League’s top right-backs.
Attention then turns to his time at Manchester City, where he enjoyed incredible success under Pep Guardiola during one of the most dominant eras in English football. From winning the Treble to securing four consecutive Premier League titles, Kyle reflects on what it was like working under Pep and the lessons he learned along the way.
Kyle also discusses the current stage of his career at Burnley, sharing his thoughts on the challenges ahead, the fight for survival, and what the future might hold.
To finish, Kyle takes on Gary’s Quickfire Questions, revealing his toughest opponent, reflecting on key moments in his career, and debating who should start for England at the next World Cup.
And finally… Gary Neville or Kyle Walker at right-back, who are you picking?
Let us know in the comments, and don’t forget to like and subscribe so you never miss an episode!
00:00 Intro
06:29 Tottenham Career
07:34 Joining City Under Pep
13:07 Pep Methods and Evolution
18:13 Treble Speech and Legacy
37:09 City Vs Arsenal Title Talk
38:13 Pep And Arteta Tactics
42:47 Quickfire Questions
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| 0:00.0 | I never judge myself as a rightback as you know, but there are people who I respect enormously |
| 0:07.8 | in the game who would sort of say Kyle Walker is the greatest English fullback ever and I can't |
| 0:11.8 | disagree with it. I think the games that I've seen in play against the likes of Mbapé, Vinicius Jr. |
| 0:16.9 | He does things, he's done things on a football pitch as a right back that I couldn't do. |
| 0:39.7 | So when I look at the fact, would I want Kyle Walker defending against Venetius Junior over Gary Neville, 100%. 100%. That, you know, he's the best left winger in the world. There might be situations where I say maybe Gary Neville would suit in terms of sort of like, I think I could organise defences, I think I could organise people in front of it but Kyle's obviously a good, you know, he's got good vocals on him as well but I think I knew where I was on the pitch. I probably, you know, Kyle's come from a centre-forward, true sort of like flying machine down the line to being a right-back that, to be fair, could defend against the best. 96 caps for England getting to semi-finals and finals |
| 0:56.7 | winning the treble with City that to be fair could defend against the best. Nine to six caps for England, |
| 0:56.7 | getting to semi-finals and finals, |
| 0:58.3 | winning the treble with City. |
| 1:01.2 | You know, you can't deny that he's, you know, |
| 1:02.9 | the greatest fallback that England have ever produced because of the fact the stats are there to prove it. |
| 1:05.0 | I mean, his pace and his ability to defend one was incredible. |
| 1:08.7 | If he was someone who just attacked |
| 1:11.0 | and didn't defend properly, |
| 1:13.1 | I would sort of say, no, I'm probably putting myself in front of him. He could properly defend. He could properly defend. And by the way, he had to learn that because there were times at Tottenham, I think, when he was younger where he didn't quite know the position as well. But when he got to City, he was at for about four, five, six years, he was at a real high level. |
| 1:30.7 | Are you good? |
| 1:31.7 | All good |
| 1:32.0 | It's mad, I always get nervous at the start of these interviews |
| 1:38.4 | You know |
| 1:38.8 | Doesn't matter how many you do |
| 1:40.4 | Honestly, it's unbelievable |
| 1:42.0 | Why? |
| 1:42.9 | I don't know, just end up |
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