{"id":442617,"date":"2011-06-16T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/16\/tottenham-defender-kyle-walker-flattered-by-comparison-to-brazilian-legend-roberto-carlos\/"},"modified":"2011-06-16T22:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T22:32:00","slug":"tottenham-defender-kyle-walker-flattered-by-comparison-to-brazilian-legend-roberto-carlos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/16\/tottenham-defender-kyle-walker-flattered-by-comparison-to-brazilian-legend-roberto-carlos\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham defender Kyle Walker flattered by comparison to Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Michael Lightfoot<\/h3>\n<h4>16 Jun 2011 23:32:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.9818692543\">\n<div readability=\"14.953125\">\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 readability=\"33.1266055046\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/29528\/kyle-walker\">Kyle Walker<\/a> has been compared to the Brazilian legend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/brazil\/1223\/roberto-carlos\">Roberto Carlos<\/a> after impressing at the European Under-21 Championships by the Spanish media.<\/p>\n<p>The right-back, who was on loan at QPR and Aston Villa last season, made the equaliser against Spain&#8217;s Under-21s with a blistering run down the right-hand side before his inch-perfect pass set-up Manchester United&#8217;s Danny Welbeck, who slotted home.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old appeared to be in a bullish mood after hearing of the comparision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roberto Carlos? It&#8217;s a compliment, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; Walker told <em>The Daily Mail.<\/em> &#8220;It&#8217;s not bad to be put in the same sentence as him!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m impressed but I&#8217;ve still got a job to do here. It&#8217;s flattering. But there are ten other players on the pitch and we&#8217;ve all got jobs to do.<\/p>\n<p>England played out a second successive draw against Ukraine on Wednesday and Walker is optimistic is side can now beat the Czech Republic to advance beyond the group stages.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;There&#8217;s a good togetherness and spirit in the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not every game can go as well you want or plan it to. But hopefully we can improve in the next game and get the three points we need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old has had an impressive 2011 which has included playing enough games to earn a Championship winners medal whilst on loan at Loftus Road.<\/p>\n<p>Walker initially started life as a striker at Sheffield United and played up front for England Under-16s before stepping back into defence and hasn&#8217;t looked back.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I like to get forward but my job&#8217;s defending. It&#8217;s only a bonus going forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was put to right-back for one game and it just stuck. It&#8217;s been four or five years now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3721\/european-under-21-championship-2011\/2011\/06\/16\/2535432\/tottenham-defender-kyle-walker-flattered-by-comparison-to\" title=\"Tottenham defender Kyle Walker flattered by comparison to Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham defender Kyle Walker flattered by comparison to Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Michael Lightfoot 16 Jun 2011 23:32:00 Kyle Walker , Tottenham Hotspur (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Tottenham Hotspur defender Kyle Walker has been compared to the Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos after impressing at the European Under-21 Championships by the Spanish media. <\/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-442617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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