Amazon's Guardiola documentary reveals the Kyle Walker fallout and the manager's turbulent final City seasons

A new Amazon Prime documentary has pulled back the curtain on Pep Guardiola's turbulent final years at Manchester City, and its most talked-about scenes concern the breakdown of his relationship with club captain Kyle Walker.

Directed by Kevin Macdonald, the series follows Guardiola through his last two seasons at the Etihad, culminating in his departure in 2026 after a decade in charge. It captures the manager in moments no press conference ever showed: fighting back tears, questioning his own future, and delivering a stinging rebuke to his dressing room after Walker asked to leave the club.

At a glance

• The Amazon Prime series, directed by Kevin Macdonald, covers Guardiola's final two seasons at Manchester City
• It shows the December 2024 argument with Kyle Walker after a defeat at Anfield
• Walker joined AC Milan on loan in January 2025 after asking to leave
• Guardiola is filmed telling players "you cannot behave as a captain the way he has done it"
• Walker made 316 City appearances and won six Premier League titles after joining from Tottenham in 2017

The Anfield argument

One scene captures an argument between Guardiola and Walker after City's loss at Anfield in December 2024, when Walker lost the ball to Luis Diaz in the build-up to a Liverpool penalty. Guardiola told his dressing room that "Kyle has to know that if you lose the ball it's a goal" — a public singling-out that drew an angry response from the defender.

Weeks later, Walker asked to leave.

"You cannot behave as a captain"

The documentary's rawest moment comes after Walker's departure request. Guardiola, visibly emotional, tells his squad he is incredibly sad that his captain had asked to go, before adding: "It was so easy for him to come to me [and say] 'I'm tired'. But you cannot behave as a captain the way he has done it."

Walker joined AC Milan on loan in January 2025, ending a partnership that had delivered six Premier League titles since his 2017 move from Tottenham.

A manager unravelling his own obsession

Beyond the Walker rift, the series shows Guardiola discussing his divorce with his players and wrestling with the tactical obsessions that defined his decade in Manchester.

Macdonald's cameras were present through the club's most difficult stretch of the Guardiola era, and the access is extraordinary — enough that some commentators have questioned whether any dressing room can function normally with a documentary crew inside it.

Why clubs keep opening the doors

The series joins a crowded genre — from Sunderland 'Til I Die to City's own All or Nothing — but the difference here is timing: this is not a victory lap but a record of an ending.

For Amazon, a Guardiola exit documented from the inside is a prestige property. For City, it is a calculated risk that candour will read as confidence.

What happens next

The series is available on Amazon Prime now, and the reaction — from former players, pundits and supporters — is still building. Walker's own account of the fallout has not yet been heard in full; given how the documentary frames his exit, it seems unlikely to stay that way for long.