New Manchester City defender Kyle Walker on Saturday admitted that the prospect of facing former club Tottenham is difficult, but says it will never affect his focus and will to win.

“It’s going to be difficult (against Tottenham) I’m not going to lie. I spent a lot of years there, had special moments and the lads are great, the coaching staff is great and they helped me to get to where I am now. But it’s a football match and I want to win so if we can go there and pick up a victory that would be fantastic,” he told mancity.com.

Walker spent eight years at Spurs before sealing his move to City earlier in July and has made an instant impact for his new club at right-back.

He will be looking to use everything he learned at Spurs when he faces his old friends at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville on the final leg of City’s US tour.

The 27-year-old also enjoyed a tussle with another old pal, Gareth Bale, during City’s 4-1 win over Real Madrid, saying: “Seeing old faces is always good, I shared some special moments with Gareth at Tottenham so it was nice to see him.”

“It was nice to get a win over them. I feel fit and feel strong I’ve been doing a lot of work off season, to keep up my fitness. I’m just looking forward to the start of the season, we have two important games in pre-season to look forward to, get a few more minutes on the board. But it all counts when we go to Brighton and play them”.