England v San Marino: Kyle Walker ready for honour of lining up with Phil Jagielka in World Cup qualifier So to come here and play with him, to sit with him and eat is an honour for me. Sometimes he tries to get me some soup and I say to him, 'You can't be doing that, let me get you some soup. I was the ball boy when he went in goal. I was behind the net and he kept on telling me to slow down! So I have seen some sights with him. I've never told him he was a hero so don't make his head too big. Walker never had a Jagielka poster on his wall - "I wasn't that bad," he says - but with his own reputation growing , he is on the road to being an inspiration in his own right. His progress from Sheffield United trainee to perhaps the most admired attacking full-back in the Premier League has been almost as swift as his thrusts on Tottenham's right flank. Having signed for United aged seven, he progressed to the first team before joining Tottenham in 2009 in a £9 million deal that also took Kyle Naughton to White Hart Lane. After loan spells at Queens Park Rangers and Aston Villa he thrived under the attacking principles of Harry Redknapp . Last season was his best yet, with a winner in the north London derby and the PFA Young Player of the Year award. He has three caps and will treasure a fourth, even if it comes against San Marino . Who wouldn't be excited? From the age of seven it is what I have wanted to do, play for my country. I've got three caps now but none of them in a competitive game and I'm looking forward to it. No matter who I play for I don't treat it any different whether it is Man United, Real Madrid or San Marino . If he continues as he started, his picture might even be on a St George's Park wall before Jagielka's.