Nedum Onuoha did not agree with what he was told about a certain Manchester City player.
Onuoha, who retired in 2020 joined the City academy as a 10-year-old.
The Englishman eventually made his first-team debut for the Sky Blues at 18 and went on to spend eight years at his boyhood club.
Being a boyhood Manchester City supporter as well, not many pundits are better-placed to discuss the club and their players as he is.
Having played as a right-back on several instances, Onuoha could give his insight on how Kyle Walker fared for England at Euro 2024.
Nedum Onuoha says Kyle Walker should not have made Euro 2024 Team of the Tournament
Ahead of the Three Lions’ 2-1 win against the Netherlands in the semi-final of the European Championship, Simon Jordan claimed that the Manchester City captain was having an underwhelming tournament.
The £175,000-a-week man looked far from his best for the first time at a major competition — with Robbie Fowler vouching for Trent Alexander-Arnold to start for England over him.
When Nedum Onuoha was quizzed on his thoughts on Walker managing to cement his place as the right-back in the European Championship’s Team of the Tournament, he admitted that the decision to include him was baffling.
The pundit said via ESPN FC: “With all due respect, Kyle Walker’s been a great servant to England, to Man City, like that pick makes no sense to me. No sense whatsoever because I think Kyle himself would admit that he didn’t have the best of tournaments.”
“So yeah, they’ve absolutely blundered that one so I’m not on board with that unfortunately.”
Matt Le Tissier also shared a similar view to Nedum Onuoha about Walker — questioning how the veteran was named in the side when he felt he was “worse than average” in Germany.
Manchester City should consider Kyle Walker sale
The Englishman is a club legend but much like at the European Championship, he was far from his best during the 2023/2024 season as well.
Some might have wondered whether the chance to finally help England win a major tournament would have galvanised Walker and led to an improvement in his showings.
While the six-time Premier League winner not being the best attacking threat is understandable — considering he has played in a withdrawn role for much of his spell at City — his defensive displays have massively regressed for both club and country.
Walker’s brilliance over the years has been his sustained brilliance at the back but since he is declining in this respect as well — especially in how he tracks markers and his positioning, the Sky Blues should perhaps consider cashing in on a player who is 34 and has just two years left on his contract.
On Friday, it was claimed that the decorated right-back could be the Saudi Pro League’s next target and there are doubts over whether he remains keen to remain at the Etihad Stadium.
If Manchester City have a chance to offload what clearly seems to be a declining asset, they should at least ponder over his potential sale.
