England and Manchester City full-back Kyle Walker contemplated retirement from international football twice in the last two years.
Walker scored in England's 1-1 draw against Ukrainein their Euro 2024 qualifier on Sunday. After Oleksandr Zinchenko handed Ukraine the lead, it was Walker who saved England the blushes by scoring in the 41st minute.
After the game, Three Lions' manager Gareth Southgate revealed that had to talk the right-back out of retirement twice in the last two years, once after Euro 2020 and the second time after the Qatar World Cup in 2022., Southgate said, "I’ve talked him [Walker] out of retirement twice. After the Euros and after the World Cup. I think he loves being here, he’s wanted to keep going and now he’s thinking about how many caps he can get. He’s critical to us.
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