The star player for Manchester City says he was “close” to joining Everton in the past.

Throughout the years, Everton has been unable to acquire some truly great football players.

It would be interesting to see how this club’s history would have been different if they had convinced one of many world-class stars to join them at Goodison Park.

It was once thought that Erling Haaland would join Everton, and David Moyes said that Everton couldn’t afford Eden Hazard even though they wanted him.

Furthermore, Everton competed for Victor Boniface last summer, but he eventually signed Bayer Leverkusen and led them to an undefeated Bundesliga title.

Still more to add: Kyle Walker.

Walker gives an explanation for his decision not to join Everton.

During their podcast interview with former Everton captain Phil Jagielka, the two defenders from Sheffield, England, couldn’t talk about football without bringing up the Toffees.

Furthermore, Walker had a shocking reveal for the recently retired veteran: “I was almost signed by Everton before I signed for Tottenham.” Simply letting you know.

When asked who the boss was at the time, his answer of David Moyes helps us figure out when this move was first talked about.

Sad to say, it didn’t work out, and the shocking fact is that Walker chose Tottenham Hotspur over Everton because of how they treated Kyle Naughton.

“Yeah, and Naughts went to his house,” he said. Moyes didn’t ask me to Naughts’ party at his house. So I went down to Devon and signed with Tottenham because I thought they liked me more.

Kyle Walker could have helped Everton with Seamus Coleman.

People in the Premier League think of both Walker and Coleman as elder leaders, but Walker is much healthier and more available for Everton than Coleman is.

This shows how active he is without limits, which makes him so hard to get around.

If they had signed him around 2009, when he joined Spurs, they might have stopped the present captain of Everton from growing. That being said, missing that goal is not the end of the world.

Coleman is 35 years old now, while Walker is 34. This makes the difference between them very clear.

Naturally, joining Manchester City helped his cause, but the team now has six Premier League wins, two FA Cups, four League Cups, and a Champions League as well.

A lot of people think he was the best right back in the history of the English Premier League.

In the beginning, Coleman made this failed move unnecessary, but Walker could have filled in for him as he got older and his health started to fail.

Or, at the very least, Everton might have given him the £50 million that Pep Guardiola paid for him in 2017.