During the rest of their defeat in Napoli, Walker was heard and said to Felix: “Pass the ball, nobody here is Messi”.
The defender of Manchester City on-Loan insists that he was not trying to put Felix at the time.
Walker said on his personal podcast: “I didn't say it to Joao” You are not Messi, pass the ball “. It said,” Let's make sure we have a process “. He agreed with me and said that we had to fit more and had a little more control.
“I didn't just said it to Joao. I didn't know there was a camera. But I would still not have changed anything I said.
“The comment I said was that no one is Messi.
“That is certain people in every team in the world beam who can turn a game upside down when they want. I give them their compliments – it is Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius JR, Mo Salah and Ousmane Dembele, who had been on fire since the beginning of the year.
“Apart from that, you say it's a team game.”
Leao can change a game
Walker also discussed his Milan teammate Rafael Leao on the podcast.
He stated: “What I told Joao is Leao is fantastic. One of the players you can give him the ball and he can go beyond three, four, five players and put it in the upper tank.
“In the city, most of our joy was during the last number of years of a process. Everything was the process of training where you were on the field. That was fitting.
“If you have a player like Messi, he can compete against four players and place it in the back of the net. It makes the game so much easier.
“But at a good level such as Napoli, I feel that you need a process to pass and wear the ball. Then the holes appear. That was the conversation with Joao.”
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