Kyle Walker Podcast: England defender on swapping shirts and his toughest opponents

Walker’s career began at Sheffield United and has taken him to Tottenham, Manchester City and Aston Villa among others. He was asked which is his favourite shirt he has managed to swap with an opposition player.

I have Ash’s [Ashley Cole] shirt in my house. It is in a frame. He was one I wanted to collect.

I don’t own an Arsenal shirt. I have never swapped with a derby rival on a game day – I think it shows a bit of respect for the fans.

[Robert] Pires, I got an Aston Villa one when we played there and he signed one personally to me. Being a World Cup winner, it was something I had to ask for.

Fernando Torres at Chelsea, as much as it is probably not an iconic shirt – which it would have been from him at Liverpool – for the fee he went for, the drama in the the transfer situation, to get that shirt was a good one for me.

I was fortunate enough to play against Paris St-Germain a number of times when the famous three were playing – Neymar, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe. I got all three on different occasions. I got the hat-trick.