won a complete victory in the highly anticipated Manchester City derby, the winner Manchester City was "hardly hit". The team's main right-back Kyle Walker withdrew due to injury in the game. After a series of examinations, it was decided that the surgery would be performed to complete the recovery. After that, Manchester City announced that Walker had successfully completed the groin surgery, and the specific recovery time was not announced to the outside world. However, after the operation, whether Walker can catch up with , Qatar , will be a big question mark, and this is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the England team. After all, Walker is the team's absolute main core.
After the game against Manchester United , Guardiola revealed in an interview with the media that Walker would be absent for a period of time due to injury, but did not disclose to the outside world how long it took, nor even announced the operation to the outside world. But now with the successful operation, Manchester City and England must prepare for Walker's absence for a long time, especially for England coach Southgate, who must find a response strategy in advance, such as Liverpool Right-back Arnold .
As the main core of the England team, Kyle Walker has extremely fast speed and is the team's main tactical style of offensive end. He often uses speed to tear the opponent's defense on the wing, creating a good enough offensive opportunity for Kane in the middle. He has played 70 games for England so far in his career. As long as he has a balanced offense and defense, he will definitely be the starting right-back of England as long as he has no injuries. But now with the injury surgery, the strength of the England team will definitely be greatly reduced, and the dream of winning the world championship has become a bubble.
In fact, according to the current situation, even if Walker can come back before the World Cup, how much can he recover from competitive state? I'm afraid it will also make coach Southgate very worried, and the team will also face considerable losses. If looking for a suitable replacement, Liverpool's Arnold may be favored by Southgate. In the previous European League, Liverpool's name has been cleared from England, and it is undoubtedly a high probability that the absence of the World Cup will be.
But now with Walker's accidental injury, Arnold's participation in the World Cup is expected to be a turnaround, and he may even compete for a starting qualification. The reason why Southgate doesn't like Arnold is because his defensive ability is too poor, he is a typical example of strong offense and weak defense. Judging from the defensive strength of England today, it is obvious that they cannot have more energy to make up for the vacancy behind Arnold, and Arnold's performance this season is really bad, so it is understandable to give up under normal circumstances.
From the recent games of England, right-back Southgate prefers to use Chelsea 's James because he can not only be a right-back, but also a wingback. His defensive ability is excellent, which is undoubtedly a better choice compared to Arnold. In addition to James' outstanding performance at Chelsea this season, his competitive state is obviously much higher than Arnold. Now that Walker has undergone surgery, James is likely to become the main right-back of the World Cup starting lineup. As for Arnold even if he was selected, he would probably have to wait for the opportunity on the bench.
Compared with the English team's employment difficulties, Walker's injury has not had much impact on Manchester City, because he has been fully prepared in this position. For example, the Gomez introduced during the summer transfer period was prepared for the aging Walker. Now, for Gomez, it is just an early step forward, and it may even take the opportunity to be the main position. Even if Walker makes his efforts in the future, he can only serve as a substitute. In the game against Copenhagen, Gomez, who started, performed extremely well, and this is expected to be favored by Guardiola in one fell swoop, and he will be the starting main right-back since then.
