FLYING full-back Kyle Walker-Peters reflected on his first full season with Saints and insisted: “It’s always great when you know the manager trusts you.” The 24-year-old played 10 times for Saints on loan from Tottenham during the second half of the 2019-20 campaign before going on to seal a £12million move to the south coast last summer. Walker-Peters played a key role in Saints’ fortunes under Ralph Hasenhuttl last season, starting 30 times in the Premier League in total. Asked how he assessed his first full season at St Mary’s
Kyle Walker-Peters said: “I think I’ve done well. I think the manager showed a lot of faith in me. He has played me in the majority of the games, if not all the games when I have been available. I think I am repaying him and showing his faith and long may it continue. It’s always great when you know the manager trusts you and shows faith in you – it gives you that confidence and that’s what I’m playing with. I am playing with a lot of confidence and a lot of freedom. Hopefully, I keep repaying him and keep playing games.”
As well as his league appearances, Walker-Peters played a key part in Saints’ journey to the semi-finals of the FA Cup last term.
Kyle Walker-Peters added: “It’s always nice to have the fans here (at St Mary’s). When you walk out and you hear them singing, it always gives you that extra bit of motivation. Hopefully more and more can come back.”
Walker-Peters has been pictured via social media training in Dubai ahead of the start of the new campaign.
