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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.

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Troy and JD pick their ultimate eleven from players mentioned in the series

To wrap up the podcast, Troy and JD pick an eleven from players discussed during the series which leads to chats about massive ankles, big chests and hidden mobiles…

In the final episode of Football Firsts, Troy and Jermain choose their eleven from the players mentioned during the series and give us the inside take on them: whose ankles were absolutely massive? Who once did a training session with his mobile phone ringing in his pocket? And which player would Troy argue with about who was faster? 

Some big names are bandied about but who makes the final cut?

You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker: Defoe & Deeney Football Firsts

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Jermain Defoe and Troy Deeney discuss their first experiences in football

Jermain Defoe and Troy Deeney take you into the football world through their eyes as they reveal the first time they experienced seminal moments in their playing careers

First game, first goal. First red card, first rollicking from the manager...Join Jermain Defoe and Troy Deeney as they explain how it really feels to experience the highs and lows of being a professional footballer.

From the elation of making your debut to the shame of being sent off, you'll get the full picture of what it is really like as they take you into the rarified world of the Premier League. They'll reveal what Jose Mourinho says to you after beating his team at Old Trafford, the sheer joy when you score for England at the World Cup and how it feels seeing your name on a fan's shirt. You'll get the inside story on the players, managers and referees and what they are really like on and off the pitch.

If ever you've always wondered what it's like to be a pro footballer, this podcast tells it all.

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