Kyle Walker reveals which trophy he preferred to win: the Premier League or the Champions League.
In terms of prestige, the Champions League seemingly outweighs the Premier League as Europe’s elite fight to win the competition.
But with the Premier League being the best division in the world, it is rarely a case that the team that was not the best over 38 games comes out on top.
Kyle Walker reveals what he preferred winning: Premier League or Champions League
Kyle Walker, unlike most players, can state that he has won both trophies with six Premier League titles at his disposal and one Champions League.
Since joining City for £50 million in 2017, Walker had to wait for six years before getting his hands on the prestigious European trophy.
However, Manchester City right-back Kyle Walker still thinks he would have rather won the Premier League over the Champions League.
On BBC’s You’ll Never Beat Kyle Walker show, he said: “Prem. Winning the Premier League, the first time I won the Premier League, I can’t compare it because it was to finish off the treble. But I think if I didn’t win anything and won the Champions League, I think I still would have preferred to won the Prem.”
“It’s 38 games, every game is a graft, like there’s no ‘give me’ game.”
The Kyle Walker stance is understandable
As Kyle Walker stated, in the Premier League, there are no free lunches, whereas in the Champions League, luck plays a huge factor.
For instance, if Inter Milan or Borussia Dortmund had taken their chances in the last two finals of the Champions League, perhaps they would have had the trophy in their hands.
Even if teams are fortunate in the occasional Premier League game, it is impossible to win the league if the winning formula is unsustainable.
Furthermore, Kyle Walker has played in a Manchester City side who have raised the bar to the extent that a point could be the difference between winning the league and finishing second.
It can be argued that the margins to win the league have never been finer.
With Walker being English as well, perhaps the prospect of winning the Premier League appealed to him more than the Champions League.