As a columnist for The Sun during the FIFA World Cup, Walker published an article this Saturday, discussing his thoughts on Manchester City's high-price offer for Elliot Anderson.

Walker's Full Column:

Elliot Anderson is an exceptional player. He's had a good season at Nottingham Forest and has performed well in this FIFA World Cup. Now people have high expectations of him, and Manchester City's aim is to win the league title.

He needs to accept the reality that he will be competing for the championship. Bernardo Silva's departure has created a gap in Manchester City's midfield, but with Anderson and Rodri playing in the same position, Manchester City has created a problem for themselves. Who should play where?

Rodri clearly wants to play, and Anderson clearly wants to play. Which one will the new manager choose? Or will they partner as a double pivot? I'm not surprised by Anderson's £116 million price tag.

Forest must have been watching the current transfer market—for example, Rice's transfer from West Ham United to Arsenal, and Caicedo's transfer from Brighton to Chelsea, both involved substantial sums, as did Enzo.

Players like these—defensive midfielders, or what we call the No. 6—are the ones who make the game tick. So a final price exceeding £100 million sounds crazy, but I remember when I moved from Tottenham in 2017 for just £50 million.

Everyone said the price was too high and asked why they spent so much money on me. Sounds like I was a bargain! Players don't think about their own value, but you have to prove you're worth it, so Anderson will face a lot of external pressure.

What he needs to do now is focus on his performances on the pitch. There are no absolute guarantees in football. You have to believe in your own ability—just like I did when I moved from Tottenham to Manchester City.

But I wasn't worried about anything back then; I knew I was there because of the way I played. Anderson needs to continue the performance he showed at Forest and with England's national team—and maintain that standard at Manchester City.

Of course, Phillips also moved from Leeds United a few years ago, but who knows why he ultimately didn't succeed. After Fernandinho left, Rodri replaced him and quickly showed extraordinary quality, which was unfortunate for Phillips.

Rodri is so good that anyone wanting to replace him doesn't stand a chance, but Phillips still won the Champions League, which seems to be forgotten. He was also part of the treble-winning team—I greatly admire every player who won the treble.

That said, I still don't like hearing speculation about this transfer during the FIFA World Cup. I don't like it because everyone's focus is on England's team. Could this be done after the World Cup? Yes, but both the player and the club might want to wrap it up quickly. Personally, I don't want any commotion when I'm playing in the FIFA World Cup.

Also, I've seen many people discussing whether Bellingham should have been sent off. Some question his action of covering his mouth while speaking, which is now a red card offense. He needs to be careful. This is something many players do, and I've done it myself, but everyone needs to pay attention to the new rules.

He also had a brief exchange with Ghana's bench earlier, but you can't take the fighting spirit out of Bellingham—he just loves to compete at the edge of the pitch. That's why he's a great player; he acts emotionally but needs to think calmly. He can't go too far.

People seem to have various opinions about Bellingham, but I can tell you that he's truly an outstanding player, and there's a reason he plays for Real Madrid—he's a top player. England plays Panama on Saturday, which reminds me of our 6-1 victory against them in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

That was a strange match; we were leading 5-0 at halftime. If you can score the opening goal (which we failed to do against Ghana), then you can break through and keep moving forward.

As I said in my last article, we need strikers, players in the box, some shots, and to break down the opposition's defense. The match against Ghana is done, and I don't think there's any point talking about it anymore because we can't change it.

If England performs well against Panama and we can win convincingly, then everything will be forgotten. Usually, when you look at both sides, England has too much of an advantage.

They need to change the way they play in this match to eliminate media distractions! Let's try and see what happens.

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