Walker warns he may remove tattoo if Man City's Premier League titles are stripped

Kyle Walker has said he would consider having a tattoo removed from his leg if Manchester City are stripped of the Premier League titles he won there, following the club’s guilty verdict on 114 breaches of league rules.

Walker, who joined City from Tottenham Hotspur in 2017 and spent eight years at the Etihad before moving to Burnley in the summer of 2025, had a ‘Four in a Row’ tattoo inked onto his leg to mark City’s four consecutive league titles between 2020/21 and 2023/24. Asked on talkSPORT whether he would have it removed if those titles were taken away, he replied: “I’m probably going to have to do that bit! I’ll try and keep it on, but hopefully we don’t get things taken away.”

In practice, the chances of Walker’s four-in-a-row titles being affected are considered extremely slim. The Premier League’s investigation covered the period between 2009 and 2018, meaning only City’s first title win under Guardiola — in 2017/18 — falls directly within the scope of the charges. The subsequent sanctions are highly unlikely to extend to titles won after that window.

An independent commission found City guilty of a range of serious breaches, including the artificial inflation of reported sponsorship income and multiple counts of obstructing the investigation. The full suite of potential punishments includes transfer bans, points deductions, registration restrictions and even expulsion from the league, though no sanctions have yet been applied. City are currently appealing the verdict.

Walker, who won the Premier League six times under Pep Guardiola as well as the Champions League as part of City’s treble-winning side in 2022/23 and the FA Cup twice, acknowledged the weight of the situation. “It’s the big elephant in the room we’re probably all going to be asked when doing interviews or whatever,” he said. “It doesn’t look great. Let’s not hide from the fact they’ve been found guilty but they’re going through an appeal. As a player all I can say is all we did is go out and play our best as a team.”

With the appeal still in progress and sanctions undecided, both City and the Premier League remain in a prolonged state of uncertainty. Enzo Maresca’s side currently sit at the top of the Premier League table as the case continues to cast a shadow over the club’s recent history.