City manager Pep Guardiola has revealed that Kyle Walker has asked to leave the club in order to finish his career abroad despite having contracted until 2026.
The manager made the shock revelation after leaving Walker out of the squad for City’s 8-0 thrashing of Salford City in the FA Cup.
“Well it’s not easy for me to say it because he should say it but he’s not here so two days ago Kyle asked to explore the options to play abroad at the end his career,” Guardiola told a press conference”, he told reporters.
“He asked two years ago after the Treble, Bayern Munich wanted him but the offer was not good enough and the club asked how important he was”, he said.
“We cannot understand the success we have had these years without Kyle, it’s impossible”, he continued.
“He gave us something we didn’t have he has been amazing but now in his mind he would like to explore going to another country to play the last few years for many reasons”, Pep shared.
“For that reason I prefer to play other players whose minds are here.”, he concluded.
Kyle Walker joined City back in 2017 from Tottenham for an initial £45 million and has won six Premier League titles with the club as well as four League Cups, two FA Cups and the Champions League.
His most likely destination is believed to be Saudi Arabia, where his City team-mates Riyah Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte went in 2023.
