{"id":214364,"date":"2023-09-13T19:31:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=214364"},"modified":"2023-09-13T19:31:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:31:10","slug":"gary-lineker-reveals-he-apologised-to-england-star-kyle-walker-after-upsetting-him-on-twitter-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/gary-lineker-reveals-he-apologised-to-england-star-kyle-walker-after-upsetting-him-on-twitter-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Lineker reveals he apologised to England star Kyle Walker after 'upsetting' him on Twitter | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

GARY LINEKER has revealed he apologised to Kyle Walker after "upsetting" him with a tweet following his move from Tottenham to Manchester City.<\/p>\n

The England defender, 33, arrived at the Etihad in a \u00a350million deal in 2017 after eight years with Spurs.<\/p>\n


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He has gone on to become a key player for Pep Guardiola's side, racking up 260 appearances across seven seasons.<\/p>\n

In that time, he has won five Premier League titles, two FA Cups, four League Cups and the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Yet Lineker, 62, was not sold on the right-back when he was first signed by Man City six years ago – a stance he now regrets.<\/p>\n

Speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast, he said: "I kind of upset him, I think, a little bit.<\/p>\n

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"I was a bit of a Spurs man [and] he left Spurs – can you remember what his price was now? 50, 60 million? I think it was \u00a350m.<\/p>\n

"Occasionally I get myself in trouble with tweets… and I tweeted something along the lines of 'What a player, imagine how much they'd have had to pay if he could cross the ball'.<\/p>\n

"I shouldn't have done it really and I think it upset him a little bit.<\/p>\n

"I hosted an event for Vincent Kompany's charity and I went up to Kyle and said 'I just want to say two things. One, you're one hell of a player. And two, I shouldn't have said that, I was out of order."<\/p>\n

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When Micah Richards – who left Lineker stunned with his own story during the podcast – joked the ex-England striker had panicked and backed down, Lineker hilariously added: "I just felt I was wrong. I wasn't scared… he couldn't catch me anyway, could he?"<\/p>\n

As well as his superb club form, Walker is also continuing to impress in an England shirt despite approaching his mid-30s.<\/p>\n

He started the Three Lions' games against Ukraine and Scotland during the international break, netting a first goal for his country in the 1-1 draw with Ukraine and assisting in the 3-1 win over the Scots.<\/p>\n

He has now racked up 78 caps, the second-most of any English right-back in the country's history behind Gary Neville – who made 85 appearances.<\/p>\n

That is despite healthy competition for the spot, with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kieran Trippier and Reece James all vying for the position in recent years.<\/p>\n

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