Kyle Walker has heaped praise on to Manchester City starlet Rico Lewis, who has made a name for himself this season.
After the World Cup, Pep Guardiola started to entrust the 18-year-old with a starting spot in the side and he looked like the real deal.
Kyle Walker, as arguably the best right-back in Premier League history has lauded Rico Lewis and how brilliant he already looks.
Kyle Walker raves about Rico Lewis
After the Sky Blues beat Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, Guardiola branded the youngster as ‘intelligent’ and tipped him to become the club’s starter in his primary position for the next decade.
Perhaps what has been most impressive about Lewis’ rise is how comfortable he has looked while playing as an inverted right-back, which is known to be quite a complex role to play.
Kyle Walker, while speaking on the Official Manchester City Podcast was extremely complimentary of Rico Lewis.
“I think Rico’s unbelievable. I think his brain and how his brain works for a young player is fantastic. I think there’s still things he needs to sharpen up upon. I don’t think he’s the finished article by a million miles because it takes time.”
Kyle Walker went on to give Rico Lewis a word of advice, saying. “He’s going to come under games where he’s going to be under pressure and he’s going to have setbacks, and I’ve always said to any youngster that I’ve spoken to that it’s about the top 10%.”
“We all can play football. But it’s about when you get that knockback or when you do play really well and something knocks your back, how do you then react after that?”
Ultimately, the four-time Premier League winner is bang on as whilst a host of young players have shown their special natural talent, their work ethic or lack thereof has defined their careers.
Kyle Walker is right in telling the talent that the amount of work he puts in on the training pitch is what will separate him from becoming a good or a great player.
