Kyle Walker has joined Burnley from Manchester City for a reported £5 million.

The right-back spent the last six months of the previous season on loan at A.C. Milan, where he made 11 appearances for the Rossoneri.

The Englishman has made nearly 400 Premier League appearances with Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.

Speaking to Clarets+ after his move, “I wanted to be a part of the success and this journey that they are going on,” said Walker.

The Englishman admitted, “Football is a strange and weird and wonderful game.” Two years ago, few Burnley fans or Kyle Walker himself would have expected the Englishman to be the fifth summer signing.

During his spell at Tottenham Hotspur, Walker was a teammate of Scott Parker, and the Englishman was full of praise for his new manager, saying, “I have had the pleasure of playing and sharing a dressing room with him, not just at Tottenham but at England as well.”

“When I spoke to Scott and heard about his plans for next season, it was an opportunity I jumped at.”

The Englishman added, “He has done an amazing job here, guiding the club back to the Premier League with a 100-point haul…”

The Englishman brings a number of key aspects to Scott Parker’s side and seems to fill the void left by CJ Egan-Riley.

Walker came through the Sheffield United academy – making his senior debut for the Blades in the F.A Cup in 2009.

After making his first start in April 2009, Walker would go onto start and play the full 90 minutes in a 0-1 defeat to the Clarets at Wembley in the 2009 Championship Playoff- Final.

Walker would go on to join Tottenham Hotspur that summer for £9m.

He would return to Bramall Lane on loan and also join QPR on a temporary basis before breaking into the Spurs team at the start of the 2011/12 Season.

In his breakout season in North London, Walker would go on to win the PFA Young Player of the Year award, having made 37 appearances, and would also be inducted into the PFA Team of the Year.

Walker moved to Manchester City in the summer of 2017, joining the eventual centurions for a £45 million fee.

Despite his home debut not ending positively – with the right-back seeing red for two yellow cards against Everton – Walker finished the season with an EFL Cup and a Premier League title, his first two major honours.

Walker went on to win further silverware with the Citizens: another four Premier League titles, two FA Cups, three League Cups, and a Champions League title followed before joining A.C. Milan on loan earlier this season.

Walker was named Manchester City captain ahead of the 2023–2024 season, donning the armband in the league for the first time at Turf Moor against the Clarets.

Leadership is another key quality of Walker; he went on to lead the team to a Premier League title, along with picking up a UEFA Super Cup.

Having played alongside some modern greats in, David Silva and former Clarets boss Vincent Kompany, Walker boasts an impressive record which provides some necessary experience to Scott Parker’s side.

Walker’s leadership qualities may need to be used, as club captain Josh Brownhill is yet to renew his contract, which expired on the 1st of July.

“I try to be a leader as much as possible on the pitch,” the Englishman said.

“I hope that the younger lads can look up to me and see the type of football that I have been taught over the past number of years.”

Walker can be used in a variety of positions, which provides Scott Parker some flexibility.

In a similar vein to Bashir Humphreys, Walker has been used at both centre-back and right-back across his Manchester City career.

Walker has also played in an inverted wing-back position, something which Scott Parker has previously shown at Bournemouth.

With the signing of wing-back Quinchy Hartman last week, Scott Parker appears to be moving towards a defensive back five, something which he used at points last season to see out games.