Here are your Monday evening Manchester City headlines. Walker new deal Kyle Walker nearly left Manchester City this summer but now hopes to captain the club after agreeing a new three-year deal.
England defender Walker won his fifth Premier League last year as well as the FA Cup and Champions League to add to his list of many achievements since joining from Tottenham in 2017.
However, he was also left out of the team at various points in the season - most notably for the Champions League final, where he gave a passionate address to his teammates beforehand - as Pep Guardiola preferred other options. ALSO READ: Walker opens up on rejecting Bayern offer and new City deal Bayern Munich offered Walker a fresh challenge in the summer and, speaking for the first time about it, the 33-year-old admitted he came close to joining the Bundesliga champions.
When the teams met in Tokyo in July for a friendly, there was confidence from Germany that Walker would switch. See what Walker had to say here. Guardiola speech Pep Guardiola made a point of congratulating Manchester City players immediately after their 5-1 win over Fulham despite not being at the Etihad Stadium.