Kyle Walker is set to sign a new long-term contract at Manchester City after coming close to leaving for Bayern Munich during the summer transfer window. The England international, 33, verbally agreed a move to the Bundesliga champions as he searched for more first-team football before opting to stay with the treble-winners for a seventh season and beyond. Despite winning back his place and starting 11 of City’s last 13 matches last season, Walker was dropped for the Champions League final against Inter Milan and played only the final few minutes as a late substitute. Bayern, under the...
Walker was a top target but with City set to offer him a two-year extension until 2026 he is happy he stayed put at the club he has called home since 2017.. “It was close but in football things can happen. Decisions can be made. Things can turn. It wasn’t meant to be.
“That is all I want. I want to play football I love the game and want to play, whether that’s here, Germany, Italy or Spain, theWalker won the Champions League last season “Yeah, the extension is coming,” he added. “It’s my seventh season here and I feel like one of the old ones – there are still some, Kevin , John , Bernardo and Eddy from the first couple of seasons when Pep came in.
If he sees out the remainder of his new deal it will take him past his 36th birthday and up to just shy of a decade at the Etihad.
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