Overview
- Speaking on The Overlap podcast, Walker said he will quit once his own judgment says he can no longer perform, aiming to leave the game before it leaves him.
- Approaching 36, he says he feels good but needs longer to recover and is doing more defending than earlier in his career.
- He ended his England career last week after 96 caps, having not featured since March 2025 with Reece James preferred under Thomas Tuchel.
- After a £5m move last summer, he describes the switch from Manchester City to Burnley as mentally tough, even as he praises Burnley's dressing room.
- He hopes for a late-career return to boyhood club Sheffield United, and he reflected on being left out of the 2023 Champions League final before delivering a pre-match speech at Pep Guardiola's request.