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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: Defoe & Deeney Football Firsts: First Time Being Dropped

Defoe & Deeney Football Firsts: First Time Being Dropped

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In episode two, Jermain and Troy talk about the first time they were dropped.

In episode two of Football Firsts, Jermain and Troy talk about the first time they were dropped from the team, the stories behind it, and the impact it had on them.

In episode two of Football Firsts, Jermain and Troy talk about the first time they were dropped from the team, the stories behind it, and the impact it had on them. 

Troy discusses how managers used to tell him they were leaving him out in a way in which he wouldn't get angry, whilst Jermain tells a story of how he was dropped for a game at Old Trafford after scoring two goals the previous week, believing the manager was joking. 

The pair argue about whether Jermain scored a "Van Basten", discuss how to look when you're on the bench in a TV game, dig into the weeds on why Troy and the new Napoli manager Walter Mazzari didn't get on, and quiz each other about whether they were ever happy when the player replacing them in the line-up got on the score sheet. And Jermain reveals what happened at West Ham when club legend Paolo Di Canio was dropped. 

And they look at the ongoing situations at Arsenal with their two goalkeepers, and with the Jaden Sancho issue at Manchester United.

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