Kalvin Phillips is ‘considering LEAVING the Premier League’ to resurrect his career, with ‘clubs from Germany, Italy and Austria keen on the Man City midfielder’ despite his disastrous loan spell at West Ham
- Kalvin Phillips has had minutes problems for Man City since joining them in 2022
- He had a disastrous loan spell at West Ham and could move abroad this summer
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Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips is reportedly considering a move abroad in a bid to revive his career.
Phillips, 28, endured a difficult 2023/24 season as he remained out of favor at City before being loaned out to West Ham in January. His move to East London proved disastrous as he started just three league games, with David Moyes taking him off at half-time in one match, while he was shown a red card in another.
His former club Leeds were interested in re-signing him if they were promoted back to the Premier League, but they lost the play-off final to Southampton on Sunday.
Everton have also emerged as a potential suitor, with the Toffees targeting a move, but Phillips is now considering leaving the Premier League entirely, the newspaper said. The sun.
Germany’s RB Leipzig, Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg and Serie A giants Roma are all believed to be interested in the England international.
Kalvin Phillips is reportedly considering leaving the Premier League this summer
Phillips had a disastrous loan spell at West Ham, but there are still a number of clubs from across Europe interested in signing him
Phillips realizes his career at City is over, despite the club spending £45m on him in 2022, and is looking for a fresh start elsewhere after a difficult two years.
He was named England’s Player of the Year in 2021 after starting every match in the run-up to the European Championship finals, but his career has declined since leaving his hometown club Leeds to join City .
Pep Guardiola accused Phillips of being overweight in his first season at the club, then admitted he couldn’t imagine Phillips in his team earlier this season.
This last comment marked the beginning of the end for Phillips at City, and he was loaned out to West Ham at the start of the year but failed to find form for the Hammers.
Underperformance and fitness concerns saw Phillips left out of Gareth Southgate’s squad for the March internationals, and he was last week left out of the 33-man provisional training squad for Euro 2024.
He will not be involved in this summer’s tournament in Germany, three years after he was one of the Three Lions’ standout players at the last European Championship, and could now leave England in search of regular first-team football.