{"id":440396,"date":"2011-06-13T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/13\/tottenhams-kyle-walker-hoping-for-england-recognition-at-european-under-21-tournament\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T16:15:00","slug":"tottenhams-kyle-walker-hoping-for-england-recognition-at-european-under-21-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/13\/tottenhams-kyle-walker-hoping-for-england-recognition-at-european-under-21-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham&#8217;s Kyle Walker hoping for England recognition at European Under-21 tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Mark Fordham<\/h3>\n<h4>13 Jun 2011 17:15:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"76.9719592134\">\n<div readability=\"18.8881578947\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kyle Walker , Tottenham Hotspur (Getty Images) \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/94700\/94794_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kyle Walker , Tottenham Hotspur (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> full-back <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/29528\/kyle-walker\">Kyle Walker<\/a> is hoping an impressive performance for the Under 21s in the European Championships will lead to a full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/16\/england\">England<\/a> debut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Walker played well in England\u2019s first group game against Spain on Sunday and he is hoping that further solid appearances will catch the eye of England manager Fabio Capello.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He told reporters: &#8220;I&#8217;d love to play for my country &#8211; it&#8217;s my ambition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;When I first started playing football at seven, that&#8217;s what I wanted to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I just have to keep working hard on the training pitch and see what happens from there.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Walker\u2019s attacking intent has never been in doubt but his defending on Sunday caught the eye of observers and the full-back is hoping this will keep his name on the team sheet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added: &#8220;I&#8217;m a defender &#8211; that&#8217;s my main job. Attacking&#8217;s just a bonus of my game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;You&#8217;re going to need to speak to other people to see if they liked how I defended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;There&#8217;s a great squad there and it&#8217;s difficult to get a place, so I was happy when my name went up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I just have to show that I do deserve the shirt and I&#8217;m going to keep it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3721\/european-under-21-championship-2011\/2011\/06\/13\/2530483\/tottenhams-kyle-walker-hoping-for-england-recognition-at\" title=\"Tottenham's Kyle Walker hoping for England recognition at European Under-21 tournament\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham&#8217;s Kyle Walker hoping for England recognition at European Under-21 tournament<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Mark Fordham 13 Jun 2011 17:15:00 Kyle Walker , Tottenham Hotspur (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Tottenham full-back Kyle Walker is hoping an impressive performance for the Under 21s in the European Championships will lead to a full England debut. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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