KYLE WALKER had the last laugh after being harshly treated by his Sheffield United team-mates.
Long before his days as an England international and Manchester City Treble winner, the right-back was a striker in the Blades’ youth-team.
Walker used to clean the boots of club legend Billy Sharp before bursting onto the scene as a defender.
He made his senior debut for his boyhood club in 2008 and soon moved to Tottenham with team-mate Kyle Naughton in a double deal worth a £9million.
But just before he left Sheffield United, Walker was hilariously booted out of the team hotel by his fellow players, who were none the wiser he was leaving anyway.
Sharp told the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast: “We went on a pre-season trip to Malta.
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“Walker and Naughton were room-mates and for some weird reason they got the best room out of everyone.
“We was like: ‘What’s going on? Two young lads, best room.’
“So we threw them out of this room and the next day both went to Tottenham.
“I bet they were just laughing and thinking ‘we’re off to Tottenham.'”
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Walker’s move to Spurs worked out well and he played 229 times before leaving for City.
Meanwhile, Naughton played 74 matches for the club and spent the last nine years at Swansea.
As for Sharp, he now plays in the MLS with LA Galaxy.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
