Kyle Walker has revealed he benefited from a stroke of luck to get scouted when was a youngster.
Walker has become a fan favourite at Manchester City since his £53m transfer from Tottenham four years ago and he's won three Premier League titles, four League Cups and one FA Cup across his time spent at the Etihad - it seems there's more to come, too.
Impressively, Walker fought back from falling out of contention with Pep Guardiola this season to make the right-back position his own once again and it was no surprise to see the City boss give the 30-year-old a start in the Champions League final last month.
But where did it all start for Walker? The Blues star has revealed a brilliant anecdote from his days as a young boy to explain just that, recalling that he actually benefited from a stroke of luck to get scouted by his first club, Sheffield United.
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"I slept at my friend's house and it was his brother, Akeem and Ismail - there wasn't any space in the car because his cousin was coming to pick him up and take him to a little coaching session that was happening in a park," Walker told SPORTbible.
"I said I would go home and wait for them to come back. Ten minutes later he knocked on the door and said that the cousin's sister didn't end up coming up - the dad didn't have to bring the little girl so there was a space for me.
"The rest is history. I went and trained and there was a scout from Sheffield United called Paul Archer who asked if I wanted to play for them. I never even played Sunday League football or anything.
"I went straight from estate football to the park at six or seven and then Sheffield United."
