Manchester City fullback Kyle Walker has admitted Tottenham's Kieran Trippier deserved to take his spot at full-back for England.

Trippier fulfilled the wing-back role at the World Cup in Russia while Walker was used as a centre-back.

And Walker believes Trippier deserved his place in Gareth Southgate's side.

"It was in the back of my mind [Trippier taking position] but I knew in a weird way I didn't have four bad games on the spin for England and [had not] got dropped," Walker told Sky Sports News.

"My place was kind of taken by default where I went to right centre-half, and Tripps had a fantastic World Cup.

"For me, he deserved to play the next two international games or however many games we played after that because he had a fantastic World Cup."