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WALKER FANCIES MORE SECOND TIER SUCCESS…

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The LeaguePaper Team
16 August 2026

By Chris Dunlavy

HUNGRY: Kyle Walker wants to help Burnley bounce back
PICTURE: Alamy

FORMER Manchester City and England star Kyle Walker says he is relishing his return to the Championship with Burnley after more than 15 years at the summit of the game.
Walker, 36, played in the second tier play-off final with boyhood club Sheffield United in 2010, and 12 months later won the title at QPR during a spell on loan from Tottenham.
The jet-heeled right-back then blossomed into one of the most decorated players in the history of English football, winning six Premier League titles, tw...

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