{"id":1094594,"date":"2019-06-19T14:21:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T13:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1094594"},"modified":"2019-06-19T14:23:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T13:23:29","slug":"kyle-walker-new-man-city-deal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/kyle-walker-new-man-city-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Walker signs new Man City deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester City have announced Kyle Walker has signed a new long-term contract with the club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The right-back has agreed terms on a two-year extension, taking his deal up to the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Kyle Walker&#8217;s impact at Man City: Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Pep Guardiola spent big on his defence in the summer of 2017 after a mixed first season at the Etihad.<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Walker arrived from Tottenham for a reported fee of around \u00a350m, which was the record for a defender at the time.<\/li>\n<li>The former Sheffield United youngster made 48 appearances across all competitions in 2017\/18, helping City win the Premier League and the EFL Cup.<\/li>\n<li>In 2018\/19 he played 52 times and scored his first goals for the club as City won the domestic treble.<\/li>\n<li>Walker was named in the PFA Team of the Year in 2017\/18 but missed out to Trent Alexander-Arnold in 2018\/19.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7291399-man-utd-s-galaxy-brain-move-trade-pogba-for-two-real-madrid-midfielders\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAEG_B10HQm8A\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the turn of the year, Pep Guardiola dropped Walker from the City starting line-up following a dip in form.<\/p>\n<p>But the 29-year-old won back his place in the team by the end of the campaign and has now been rewarded with a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to have signed a new deal,\u201d Walker told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mancity.com\/news\/first-team\/first-team-news\/2019\/june\/man-city-kyle-walker-contract-extension-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the club&#8217;s official website<\/a>. \u201cPlaying for City has been everything I\u2019d hoped it would be and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yannick Carrasco, Bruno Fernandes, Matthijs de Ligt TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xRJ-5tmqd-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an easy decision. I want to be competing for trophies, playing at the highest level, and I feel I have improved hugely as a player during my time here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club\u2019s vision \u2013 both on and off the pitch \u2013 matches mine perfectly and I\u2019m looking forward to spending the new five years here, hopefully winning more silverware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker remains a key part of Gareth Southgate&#8217;s England set-up, although Liverpool&#8217;s Trent Alexander Arnold is set to give him some stiff competition ahead of Euro 2020.<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"7c4c485a-3260-4ab4-8346-d80b747acdcd\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have announced Kyle Walker has signed a new long-term contract with the club. 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