The Palace Fan 3,400 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Pep Guardiola has compared Manchester City defender Kyle Walker to Champions League winners Philipp Lahm and Eric Abidal. Walker has made his name as an attacking full-back but was successfully deployed as a right-sided centre-back in a three-man defence in England's recent friendlies against Holland and Italy. The switch of role came as a surprise to some but not City boss Guardiola, who was well aware of the 27-year-old's versatility. Guardiola has seen such strengths in players before having worked at Barcelona with Abidal, who was equally comfortable at left-back and centre-half, and at Bayern Munich with Lahm, who switched from right-back to midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Maybe he's only comparing their style of play and versatility rather than level. Lahm is one of the best full backs of all time. I doubt he's calling walker that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Storts+ 2,424 Posted April 1, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted April 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Blue said: Maybe he's only comparing their style of play and versatility rather than level. Lahm is one of the best full backs of all time. I doubt he's calling walker that. Think it's pretty clear Brian that he is talking stylistically rather than ability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman 5,938 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I hope to god he is, otherwise he’s more deluded than Maureen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I doubt he's putting Walker in the same scope as both Lahm or Walker... As has been said further up, it's about the fact he can play in both positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 02:01, SirBalon said: I doubt he's putting Walker in the same scope as both Lahm or Walker... As has been said further up, it's about the fact he can play in both positions. I think he is putting Walker in the same scope as Walker, but not Lahm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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