Will Manchester City and England legend Kyle Walker be the next player to follow former boss Pep Guardiola into coaching? 🤔
Watch our exclusive mic’d up session as the former Tottenham, Manchester City & England defender takes his first steps towards coaching through the UEFA B Licence.
Alongside Burnley teammate Ashley Barnes, Walker leads a training session for one of the Clarets’ academy teams, in addition to discussing the influence that the contrasting management styles of Guardiola, Neil Warnock and Sir Gareth Southgate have had on his own footballing philosophy.
From Pep’s tactical genius, to Warnock and Southgate’s elite man management, this is a rare insight into the transition of a modern day footballer to a coach.
In this video, Kyle Walker explains:
✅ The details of England’s coaching set-up under Sir Gareth Southgate.
✅ How Pep Guardiola and Neil Warnock’s methods shaped his idea of football.
✅ Transitioning from the player to coach.
✅ His long-term ambitions as a coach.
✅ How the PFA’s support has helped his coaching journey.
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Pre-session brief
2:20 – Walker mic’d up coaching
3:14 – Planning for life after playing
3:28 – Aiming to emulate Pep
4:07 – The contrast between Guardiola & Warnock
4:51 – One-to-one coaching through Walker’s POV
5:48 – Value of support from the PFA
6:40 – Walker’s long-term coaching ambitions
7:37 – Giving back to the game
8:25 – Defensive coaching from Walker
9:55 – What sort of coach is Kyle Walker?
10:38 – UEFA B session round-up
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12 Comments
As someone who’s 2/3rds through their UEFA B, do ex-pros like Walker and Barnes complete the same written assignments as everyone else?
John Stones and Ilkay Gundogan next👀
Please no more boring pep football
Top man Kyle 👏👏👏
Awesome content. Kyle strikes me as a guy who could go on to be a great coach.
8:21 not just given …you takin the p fella…you got on a B licence in front of 1000s of grassroots coaches who've been coaching for years 🤬
Here we go again… the endless jobs for the boys ….The school caretaker coming back after the summer holidays thinking they can be the new headmaster. Learn OUR craft..running through badges thinking they are a coach….it takes f n years …this is why academy football is ruined with 23yr old scroats straight outta uni with a sports science degree on minimum wage with ex pros handed jobs from mates of mates…it's an absolute moral disgrace !!!
Good luck kyle coys
Theres a lot of directing and telling the players what they should or shouldn't have done, but no real coaching, in my opinion!
83 kids and still finds the time to do his coaching badges.. fair play Sir 👏
Just make sure he dosent pull down his trousers around them because he’s got quite a track record
best of luck kyle
Pep Guardiola’s boys, started by Johan Cruff.