Father's tough love made me player I am - Walker

England and Manchester City defender Kyle Walker says nan reliable emotion of his begetter helped him go an elite player.

Walker has enjoyed a sparkling profession astatine City, winning nan Premier League six times arsenic good arsenic 2 FA Cups, 4 EFL Cups and nan Champions League.

He has been capped 90 times by England and is wide regarded arsenic 1 of nan champion right-backs successful nan world.

Speaking connected nan You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker podcast nan 34-year-old opened up connected nan power his dada Michael has had connected his career.

Walker said his begetter "made maine beryllium nan personification and subordinate that I am" and astatine nan commencement of his profession it was astir "proving my dada wrong" aft he criticised his performances arsenic a youngster.

"I utilized to dislike going to shot pinch him," said Walker, who has besides played for Sheffield United and Tottenham - and had indebtedness spells astatine QPR, Aston Villa and Northampton.

"No matter if I played bully aliases I played bad, I'd get successful nan car and I'd beryllium reduced to tears. He'd opportunity I wouldn't person done this right, I wouldn't person done that right.

"He didn't do it because he wanted to wounded me. He did it because he cared."

Walker acknowledged his mother Tracey provided nan "caring support" he needed and it took him a agelong clip to triumph complete his begetter pinch really he played connected nan pitch.

"Sometimes it was very, very reliable to get successful that car, my mum would beryllium going 'Michael, time off him unsocial he's done well'," Walker said.

"I could person scored 3 goals. But he would person said, 'no, you should person scored six'. Only erstwhile I've sewage older successful my career, he really says 'all right, good played son'.

"After a mates of years astatine City. I deliberation he was past for illustration 'you know, he really tin play football'."

Walker said he does "not do nan same" pinch his ain children successful position of critiquing their performances, though he does pat into immoderate aspects of his father's parenting style.

"I still consciousness that immoderate of nan things successful life - wherever he's taught maine to beryllium a victor - I'm trying to embed that into nan boys," he added.

"With my kids now, I don't fto them win. If I support letting them win, erstwhile they lose, it's going to beryllium traumatic for them.

"We'll play a small crippled successful nan plot aliases thing and I'll springiness it my each because I consciousness that it's going to instal that into them."

Download and perceive to nan afloat type of nan latest You'll Never Beat Kyle Walker podcast connected BBC Sounds.