Walker given England vice-captain rolepublished at 13:30 14 June
13:30 14 June
Alex Howell BBC Sport football news reporter
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Manchester City defender Kyle Walker has been appointed England's vice-captain for Euro 2024.
Walker assumed the role as City captain at the start of the 2023-24 season after playing a key role in the club's Treble win.
The 34-year-old made his England debut under Fabio Capello in November 2011 and has 83 caps.
Of Gareth Southgate's squad for the European Championship, only captain Harry Kane (91) has made more appearances for the Three Lions.
🎧 New Walker podcast: Euro 2020 - part twopublished at 08:14 14 June
08:14 14 June
The fourth episode of You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker has landed on BBC Sounds.
Manchester City captain Kyle Walker has sat down with Chris Hughes to continue looking back on Euro 2020, with just a couple of days to go until this summers European Championship gets under way.
This episode explores England reaching the quarter-finals and semi-finals before that dramatic final against Italy. From the journey into Wembley to the penalty shootout, Walker covers it all.
Buy one, sell one, loan one out - your pickspublished at 18:48 13 June
18:48 13 June
If you could only buy one, sell one, and loan out one player at Manchester City, who would you pick?
That was the question we asked you to answer, with the transfer window set to open on Friday.
Here are some of your thoughts:
Ryan: Buy: Jeremie Frimpong and Alphonso Davies - they would both be full-back options, with Frimpong being a natural replacement for Kyle Walker, who only has a year left. Sell: Sergio Gomez - he is good enough for the Premier League but he was a step down from Zinchenko. Loan: James McAtee - unless he is in the squad, because he has so much potential and just needs minutes.
Richie: Buy: Alphonso Davies from Bayern Munich. Sell: Sergio Gomez. Loan: I wouldn't loan anyone out from last year's first team; we need to let them all blossom.
P Williams: Buy: Bruno Guimaraes - we need a creative midfielder to help out Kevin de Bruyne. Sell: Joao Cancelo - he needs to be sold as soon as possible. Loan: Matheus Nunes - to sharpen his skills.
Neil: Buy: Lucas Paqueta - he would have already been here by now if he wasn't banned. Sell: Kevin de Bruyne - he is way past his best; we need to get money for him before he leaves on a free and he appears to be happy to go to Saudi. Loan: Kalvin Phillips - Leeds can't afford to buy him now, so it will have to be another loan.
'There can be no complaint from Man City's £100m star'published at 12:37 11 June
12:37 11 June
Pat Nevin Former Scotland and Chelsea winger
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Gareth Southgate made his final decisions which will have left Jack Grealish feeling miserable.
Dropping him may have made the odd headline but considering the seasons that Cole Palmer and Eberechi Eze have had, there can be no complaint from Manchester City's £100m star.
I wrote on this page just a few weeks ago how Jack hadn't been beating defenders or even trying to go past them when the opportunities arose.
He has shown in the past he can do it, but other players in the England squad, like Bukayo Saka and Eze, have overtaken him this season while he started taking fewer risks.
This ability to break the lines has come back into focus after years of Pep Guardiola and Barcelona-style constant passing.
Kylian Mbappe is most likely to be top scorer and player of the tournament. If you had to note his one main asset over and above all the others, it is his pace and ability to go past defenders.
Line breakers will be crucial in this competition, be it Germany's Florian Wirtz and Leroy Sane, or the France speed merchants Kingsley Coman and Mbappe.
These are creatives and risk takers. Without this attitude you simply aren't going to win this one.
'Losing the match and having to pick yourself back up was tough'published at 12:19 11 June
12:19 11 June
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On the latest episode of BBC podcast You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker, the Manchester City defender discusses the transition from Champions League final defeat to going to Euro 2020 with England.
"It was difficult. Losing the match to Chelsea and having the pick yourself back up again was tough," he said.
"With the group of lads we have at England, it was easy to fit straight back in. I took my [Manchester] City hat off and put my England hat on. All of a sudden you're in tournament mode.
"The lads we played against at Chelsea - Mason Mount, Reece James, Ben Chilwell - there were a few we had just been to war with in the final and who had destroyed my dreams. Now, all of a sudden, I'm in the same dressing room with you trying to do something for the country.
"As soon as the whistle goes [in the Champions League final], you know that it's been and it's done. You have to forget about it as quickly as possible because you've got another job to do now."
Walker and Stones 'will have a huge say' in England successpublished at 11:34 11 June
11:34 11 June
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One of the reasons I am so excited about for this tournament is I believe England have a great chance of winning it.
I know a lot of our players well from my time with the squad, especially some of the defenders - Kyle Walker and John Stones regularly played in front of me at international level - and I've known Kieran Trippier since we were teenagers at Manchester City.
They are top-class players who will have a huge say in how we do this time. I am looking forward to watching them from a personal point of view, but also to assess them from a professional viewpoint, to see how much they have grown since I was last with them.
For everything that is talked about by people outside the squad, it is what happens in the camp that really matters and Gareth Southgate has built an environment where they will feel safe and will be very focused.
It looks like the manager and players understand each other and what it takes to go the distance, so they will be able to put themselves in the best position to execute all the planning and hard work that they have already put in.
England are definitely good enough to go all the way in Germany - if you look at all the squads, then along with France we are incredibly strong - but I know what goes into winning a tournament and it is not quite as simple as just having the best players, so we will have to see how it plays out.
🎧 Latest Walker podcast episode dropspublished at 09:12 11 June
09:12 11 June
A new episode of You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker has landed on BBC Sounds.
The Manchester City captain and Chris Hughes are back to discuss the beginning of Euro 2020, and how Walker went into the tournament soon after his side's Champions League final defeat by Chelsea.
Gossip: Foden set for salary risepublished at 07:45 10 June
07:45 10 June
Manchester City are set to make England midfielder Phil Foden, 24, the highest-paid British player in history by raising his salary to £375,000 per week. (Sun), external
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