“I’m not leaving” – Kyle Walker screamed during three year contract renewal announcement footage…
The 33-year-old, who had a spell out of favour last spring and was left out of the starting line-up for the Champions League final in June, was linked with a move to Bayern Munich this summer.
Walker had entered the final year of his existing deal but the England international ultimately decided to stay put, turning down the chance to become one of Bayern’s top earners on a contract until 2025 with the option of another year.
He also lost his place for a period in the 2022-23 campaign and admitted he was “hurt” by comments made by City boss Pep Guardiola, who said Walker was unable to play in a new defensive system used in the second half of the season as the club completed the Treble of Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.
But Guardiola said in July he would “fight” to keep Walker after interest from German club Bayern emerged.
Walker has gone on to start all of City’s four Premier League games this season as well as the Super Cup final and been captain in all but one of those matches.
“We are very happy that Kyle will be here until 2026,” said director of football Txiki Begiristain.
“For me, he is the best right-back in the world, a player with a unique set of attributes. He brings a very special dynamic to our team. Kyle has been a huge part of our recent success.”
“We’ve probably gone to the top of the top where there is only down because are we going to go and win a treble again? Who knows? You know, we could do.
“The odds say that we’re not going to, but we need to make sure that we’re there competing in the later stages in all competitions and fighting for the silverware.
“But I think one thing that we’ve done really well here is we take one game at a time. We don’t plan for the future. We plan for the present and the present starts on Saturday against West Ham.
