Documentary Shows Guardiola Rebuked Kyle Walker After £50m Captain Left City
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 17
Documentary Shows Guardiola Rebuked Kyle Walker After £50m Captain Left City
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 17
Summary
Amazon’s new Manchester City documentary shows Pep Guardiola telling players he was “incredibly sad” after captain Kyle Walker asked to leave, while saying Walker “cannot behave” the way he did.
A December 2024 dressing-room clash helps explain the rupture: after a loss at Anfield, Guardiola singled out Walker’s error, and the defender fired back, “Every meeting, it’s my name.”
Walker, who joined City for £50m in 2017 and won six Premier League titles, left on loan for AC Milan in January 2025 as City slid toward a rare trophyless 2024-25 season.
The series also shows Guardiola in tears questioning whether he should stay, with staff saying his divorce and City’s wider turmoil — including Rodri’s injury and 115 financial charges — weighed on him.