KYLE WALKER

I just think I have to be a defender. If I can attack, it's a bonus.

With the Premier League, you can afford to lose a couple here and there, but it's a tough competition, a cup competition.

Chelsea have fantastic players.

It's better to play football with a smile on your face.

It's a big part of my game, attacking.

Pep is highly intelligent.

I think it's the same for everyone in any walk of life - if people put you down, you want to prove a point.

I was a Sheffield United fan from when my grandad, who's sadly passed away now, got a season ticket for me when I was four.

It's an enjoyable sport; we all love to play the game, and fans love to support it.

I'm not looking into the future. I take every game as it comes, and as long as I am on the pitch and playing football, that is what keeps me happy.

They say that the best form of defence is attack, but maybe I have to take a look at how I defend.

I don't go throwing money about - if I did, I think my mum and dad would be on my back because that's not the way I've been brought up.

Sometimes you need to come out of your comfort zone a little bit.

My boy always wants to play football, but I have to hide the balls. I lock them in a bedroom; otherwise, he will just kick them all night!

I needed to prove to myself - to the manager, to the fans, even to my mum and dad - that I'm not just an average player.

I'm all about assists; I'm not really greedy.

Its always good to go above a local rival.

As footballers, we do get lazy sometimes and take the ball with our preferred foot to control it, but that split second of controlling it with your left foot and playing with your right can make all the difference in creating a chance or scoring a goal.

I got my first taste of real professional football on loan at Northampton. I was 18 at the time, and I played only nine games, but it was a massive opportunity for me.

You have to remember that professional football is a job, too, and some people have to get results on the pitch to pay to live.

I'm a defender first and foremost, and if I'm playing right centre-half, I am even more of a defender than the wing-backs.

I was unfortunate at Tottenham.

Hopefully, one day I'll get to play for Sheffield United in the Premier League; hopefully, that's a dream that can come true. They put a lot of faith in me, and hopefully I can finish my career there, just to say thank you.

I have justified why I wanted to come to Manchester City because I have won trophies and improved.

Working under Pep Guardiola, a chance like that doesn't come along too often. That's no disrespect to Mauricio Pochettino, but the people that Pep has worked with grow as players.