Carson 'one Of The People You Need Around' - Walker

Everyone needs a Scott Carson successful their squad.

That mightiness not person been a condemnation you expected to publication coming but it is nan sentiment of Kyle Walker, who has shared nan Manchester City changing room pinch nan 39-year-old goalkeeper since 2019.

Carson has rather nan estimation for being 1 of football's bully guys and has besides acquired an unthinkable CV since his elder profession started measurement backmost successful 2003 astatine Leeds.

But, contempt filling his trophy cabinet, he has only played doubly successful six years for City and has not kept a Premier League cleanable expanse since 14 May 2011.

Walker told The Kyle Walker Podcast: "For personification of his property to person played nan magnitude of games he's played. To travel successful each time knowing you're nan third-choice keeper... mentally, I person to return my chapeau disconnected to him.

"Scott Carson could retire, he's had a awesome profession but to still person nan emotion for shot and do what he does, these are nan group you request astir nan place."

If you haven't been watching nan Premier League for agelong past you could beryllium forgiven for not knowing who Carson is. After all, he has only played doubly successful each competitions since joining City successful 2019 - nan past quality coming successful May 2022.

To put it simply, Carson is simply a four-time Premier League victor pinch 2 Champions League titles, an FA Cup, 2 League Cups, 2 Super Cups and a Club World Cup.

The first of his awesome trophies came backmost successful 2005 erstwhile he was an unused substitute for Liverpool during their Champions League triumph successful Istanbul and past followed it up pinch nan Super Cup. The pursuing year, he was portion of nan Reds squad who lifted nan FA Cup.

Incredibly, Carson's past cleanable expanse successful England's apical formation came 14 years agone - successful a 1-0 triumph complete Everton while playing for West Brom.

Since that past unopen out, he picked up his 4th and last England headdress and besides added 9 of nan 12 awesome trophies he has won to his collection.

Despite spending 8 years astatine Bursaspor, Wigan and Derby, nan Premier League champions came calling and 2 years connected indebtedness astatine nan Etihad Stadium resulted successful being signed permanently by Pep Guardiola.

Carson whitethorn good beryllium City's third-choice stopper down Ederson and Stefan Ortega but he has earned himself 3 caller one-year deals. Is a 4th connected nan cards soon?

David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany are conscionable 3 names who are etched into City history forever.

But, if we are talking trophies and power connected nan team-mates astir them, past Carson is correct up location alongside these City legends.

Just inquire Pep Guardiola. The Catalan has managed nan champion City person had to connection successful modern times, but he encourages young players to study from nan seasoned goalkeeper.

"I was fortunate successful Manchester to cognize this guy," said Guardiola. "Sometimes arsenic a head you get nan opportunity to cognize group for illustration him – he's for illustration a captain, built unthinkable emotion for nan team. I'm beautiful judge erstwhile we request him, he'll respond!

"The champion proposal I could springiness to nan young players is to enactment astir Scott Carson arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable successful nan locker room and connected nan pitch.

"It would beryllium amended than being pinch me. If they walk a batch of time, perceive to him and salary attention, that is nan champion proposal and learning they tin get astir their early careers.

"Every 2nd he is training and each infinitesimal you get connected nan transportation and successful nan changing room [with Carson], you value.

"It's for illustration nan young actors person to beryllium pinch nan aged actors connected nan set. They are wiser and person nan values of nan profession."