KYLE WALKER angered Manchester City fans after admitting he would sacrifice one of his Premier League medals to have been part of Tottenham’s Europa League triumph.
The Etihad club captain left Pep Guardiola stunned when he asked for a move away in January — when City were right in the middle of a crisis.
He joined AC Milan on loan but the Italians turned down the option to sign him permanently.
And boss Pep left the 35-year-old right-back out of his Club World Cup squad, meaning he is free to find a new club.
But City fans were angry when Walker revealed on his BBC podcast he would have loved to have been with former club Spurs as they ended their 17-year trophy drought.
Walker has won six Premier League titles at City and was part of their Treble-winning side in 2022-23.
He said: “I’d probably give up one Premier League title, not the first, to have won that Europa League with Tottenham because I know what it means.
“Probably my second — although that was the ‘Four-midables’ [when they won all four domestic trophies].
“It’s hard to give one away but for what that moment meant, to say I was in that Spurs squad that won a trophy.”
City fans slammed Walker, with one saying: “Just ban this guy from the Etihad and get it over and done with. He’s already freely hating us, why protect whatever is left of his relationship with the club.”
Another added: “Mental. I could never ever imagine John Stones, Nathan Ake, Samir Nasri, Carlos Tevez ever coming out and saying they would give up even a Community Shield to win a trophy at a former club.”
A third wrote: “Bro is the worst captain of the club get out.”
Tottenham supporters however, were delighted to see that he still loves the club.
One commented: “Great to hear you say ‘we’ when referring to Spurs.”
A second said: “As a Spurs fan, it was really heartwarming to hear Kyle’s words and his feelings connected to the Europa League final. I was gutted when he left for Man City, but I’ve always been happy seeing him win trophy after trophy.”
Walker — who spent eight years on Tottenham’s books — admitted he was a bag of nerves watching his old club beat Manchester United 1-0 last month.
He added: “It was the first time in a long time I’ve been nervous — and I wasn’t even playing.
“I was there with my iPad and I couldn’t sit and watch it. I was walking up and down my room.
“We reached a lot of finals but against better teams who knew how to win.
“They’ve always been a club that nearly got over the line but not quite. I’m buzzing for them.”
Walker joined City from Spurs in July 2017 and has a year left on his deal.
Turkish giants Fenerbahce are the latest to show an interest in him.
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