For Kyle Walker Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against his boyhood team, Sheffield United, may point towards the start of his Manchester City endgame.
The defender could suspect as much without knowing it – yet. A leitmotif of Pep Guardiola’s serial success has been a genius for keeping multimillionaire footballers guessing. The Pep Way decrees that no one is ever fully in, no one ever fully out. But for Walker, whose contract ends in June 2024 when he will be 34, a reading of the runes may tell him where a garlanded City career is heading under a ruthless manager who is the ultimate…
