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Introducing... You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker

Kyle Walker takes you inside the dressing room to find out what it takes to be a winner

Each week ,Man City and England international, Kyle Walker and presenter Chris Hughes take you inside the dressing room to find out what it takes to win over and over again.

Each week, Man City and England international, Kyle Walker and presenter and Love Island star Chris Hughes take you inside the dressing room and onto the team bus to find out what it takes to win over and over again.

The pair will talk about the beautiful game, have a bit of a laugh, tell funny stories about football and dig into Kyle’s career as a serial champion. From his earliest days growing up in Sheffield, You’ll Never Beat Kyle Walker will put the listener in the unique position of finding out what it takes to win seventeen major honours, including Premier Leagues, Champions Leagues, and FA Cups, as well as leading his country out at Wembley as captain of England. 

Kyle will reflect on his time in the game, the players he’s played with and against, the managers, and the highs and lows of football at the very top. He’ll talk World Cups and Euros, teammates past and present, and what it feels like to be one v one against Lionel Messi. 

You’ll Never Beat Kyle Walker will give listeners a true insight into what it’s really like to be at the top of the game for so long. 

Kyle is taking over The Players Channel: Real football talk...straight from The Players! 

Previous titles include Footballer's Football Podcast featuring West Ham's Michail Antonio, Callum Wilson, Tom Cairney and Radio 1's Rickie Haywood-Williams as well as 'Football Firsts' with Jermain Defoe and Troy Deeney who discuss a range of topics revolving around the first time they experienced something in football. You can listen to all these episodes right now on this feed.

You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker: First World Cup

First World Cup

BBC Radio 5 Live - You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker, First World Cup

Troy and JD go back in the day to discuss their first World Cups

Italia 90, upsetting Capello and Ronaldo all come up as the guys talk about their first World Cups. JD also reveals his hurt at being left out of the England squad in 2006.

Gazza’s tears, Beckham’s red card and the Reggae Boyz..this episode is all about Jermain and Troy’s first World Cups - their favourite tournaments, players and goals.

JD reveals the moment he found out he wasn’t going to the 2006 edition in Germany and he takes us inside the 2010 competition in South Africa: why Fabio Capello made him feel like a little kid and the misery when Germany dumped England out. And a chat about Luis Suarez leads to Jermain explaining why he once bit Javier Mascherano.

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