Huge Premier League star serves up 'top six' Leeds United praise with family Whites connection
A Premier League star has served up personal praise for Leeds United - the team his dad supports.
Manchester City star Kyle Walker has served up personal praise for Leeds United - backed by a big Whites family connection.
Speaking on his ‘You’ll Never Beat Kyle Walker’ podcast hosted by Chris Hughes, Sheffield-born Blades-Academy graduate Walker was asked which team he grew up supporting.
“Sheffield United,” he declared. “It was never going to be Sheffield Wednesday, no. Impossible. My dad’s a Leeds fan though.
“I’ve never played at Hillsborough. I’d rather not,” he quipped. “I’d rather not go there. Leave it. City got them in the cup, I’m sure we did, away at Hillsborough. But I didn’t play. That wasn’t for any reason, by the way, the manager just didn’t play me.”
Running through the grounds that gave him ‘chills’. Walker picked out six as he declared: “I like (Manchester) United. Old Trafford. I like going there. We’ve been fortunate to get the results we have done, especially over your rivals. But even when I played at Tottenham, it probably didn’t come off as well as it has done over recent years but I still always enjoyed going to Old Trafford.
“I like St James’ Park as well. I just think ‘what a ground’. Sunderland’s weren’t bad, I don’t mind Sunderland’s. And I like Villa’s, maybe because I played there.
“You don’t hear certain things. You go to Anfield and there’s the ‘Never Walk Alone’, you hear these things because they’re at the start of the game but apart from that, you don’t really hear much because you’re just so in the zone of concentrating.
“For the fans, they’re definitely sets of fans that you’d put right up there. The one team cities, Sunderland, Newcastle, Leeds - these fans are so passionate.”