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Kyle Walker says he “wanted to cry” the day he left Manchester City to join AC Milan on loan.<\/b><\/p>\n

Walker moved to Milan in January on loan until the end of the season after falling out of favour under City manager Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n

Speaking on The Kyle Walker Podcast<\/a>, the England defender told of his sadness at saying goodbye to not only his City team-mates, but all the coaches and non-football staff at the club. <\/p>\n

“The lady there, Emma, who would be behind the counter and serve you food and get you drinks – even when I looked over at her, I wanted to cry,” Walker said.<\/p>\n

“Every day I’ve said [good] morning to her and given her a cuddle and all of a sudden I’m not going to see her any more.<\/p>\n

“You don’t think about that when the [transfer] process is happening, but then when you come to say goodbye, it’s hard.”<\/p>\n

Walker insisted he holds nothing against City, with whom he won 13 major trophies, but said he could not turn down the Italian club.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I’ve got no bad words, nothing negative to say whatsoever about City. What that club’s done for me both on and off the field is incredible,” he said.<\/p>\n

“When you take yourself away from the bubble you think about how lucky you were. That’s no disrespect to any of the other clubs I played for, but the seven years we had there, I don’t think it will happen again in football.”<\/p>\n

Walker explained that his lack of game time at City and desire to reach 100 England caps – he currently has 95 – were factors too.<\/p>\n

“The only other black player to get 100 caps is Ashley Cole. If I can be the second black player to reach 100 caps it would be a great honour,” said Walker.<\/p>\n

“It was a big relief when [England manager Thomas] Tuchel gave me the call and we spoke. I even spoke about the move to AC Milan with him and said I wanted to stay in Europe because I do want to represent my country.”<\/p>\n

Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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