Etihad bosses ‘accept Kyle Walker should be gone already’

However, he has struggled during Pep Guardiola’s side’s poor recent run of form that appears to have exposed the aging nature of the Premier League champions’ squad.

It appears to have led to some stark realizations behind the scenes at Man City, who were thought to have now accepted that 2025 may have been too late for a rebuild of their squad.

Walker is then identified as a player they believe should have been eased out of the first-team set-up earlier.

Kyle Walker does not doubt any surprise at Man City

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That there are some at the club who now feel that they have not moved the right-back on quickly enough should perhaps not come as a shock.

His performances haven’t been up as of late, but it could be argued that this issue is one they should have seen coming.

For so long, Walker has relied on his pace to get Man City out of trouble, but now aged 34, he was never going to be able to maintain those levels forever.

He now appears to have reached that tipping point and the fact that they are still using him despite that does not speak well for the planning behind the scenes at the Etihad.

With a year and a half still left on his contract, it will be interesting to see how long it takes for Man City to move him on, as he himself may still feel this can be turned around.

There have been some suggestions that Sheffield United could be keen to reunite with the right-back (talkSPORT).

Given that others may be wary of his recent struggles, it could be a deal the champions should look to sanction.

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