Southgate says he talked Walker out of England 退職 twice
Sept 11 (Reuters) - England coach Gareth Southgate said he talked Kyle Walker out of retiring from international 義務 に引き続いて last year's World Cup ４半期/4分の1-final loss to フラン and after the Euro 2020 final shootout 敗北・負かす by Italy.
The 33-year-old 権利 支援する 得点する／非難する／２０d his first England goal on his 77th 外見 during Saturday's 1-1 draw with ウクライナ共和国 in a Euro 2024 qualifier in Wroclaw, Poland, and Southgate said the defender is "批判的な" to the squad.
"I've talked him out of 退職 twice from international football, after the Euros and after the World Cup," Southgate told British マスコミ. "I think he loves 存在 here.
"If we're talking about world-class players in their position in our team then he's probably one of them.
"I think he didn't realise how much value we have for him and how important he is for us. He's probably not going to thank me for 株ing that."
Southgate 追加するd that Walker, who made his international debut 老年の 21 in 2011, had become a "円熟した leader" for England.
"Not only playing but also around the training, the way I hear him speak when he's interviewed, his 影響（力） on the group, the younger players," Southgate said.
"I think he's enjoying the extra 責任／義務 he's had at his club and I know he's ready to embrace that with us 同様に."
England are six points （疑いを）晴らす in Group C and on course to qualify for next year's Euros in Germany. They take on Scotland in a friendly in Glasgow on Tuesday.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; Editing by Peter Rutherford )
