{"id":614224,"date":"2022-06-24T15:55:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T19:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=614224"},"modified":"2022-06-24T15:55:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T19:55:12","slug":"kalvin-phillips-close-to-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/24\/kalvin-phillips-close-to-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City and Leeds United Agree Fee for England International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/football\/2022\/06\/24\/no-gabriel-jesus-tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> and <a href=\"\/football\/2022\/06\/22\/leeds-united-are-interested-in-belgian\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United<\/a> have reached an agreement for midfielder Kalvin Phillips, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/leeds-kalvin-phillips-man-city-transfer-news\/zqE5mZ7zWwmz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Ornstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips is closing in on a move to the Etihad Stadium for a fee reported to be around \u00a342 million plus add-ons, which could be completed when the player returns for preseason at the start of July.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 EXCL: Man City have reached agreement with Leeds to sign midfielder Kalvin Phillips. \u00a342m + \u00a33m \u2014 with Darko Gyabi joining <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LUFC<\/a> separately for \u00a35m fixed. Clubs now in process of finalising deal for 26yo England int\u2019l to join <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MCFC<\/a> @TheAthleticUK <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i25RND4Ad5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/i25RND4Ad5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1540372243099918337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Kalvin Phillips Close to Signing for Manchester City<\/h2>\n<h3>It Has Been Coming<\/h3>\n<p>Kalvin Phillips has been on <a href=\"\/football\/2022\/05\/24\/manchester-city-kalvin-phillips-top-priority\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City&#8217;s radar<\/a> for a while and Leeds have grown to accept that they might lose their star player this summer. The Yorkshireman has never pushed for a move away from his boyhood club but he&#8217;s reportedly interested in linking up with Pep Guardiola and the Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<p>Both clubs have been busy in the transfer window so far, with City looking to build on the success of winning four out of the last five Premier Leagues and Leeds looking to facilitate their new manager Jesse Marsch&#8217;s ideas for the squad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/24\/no-gabriel-jesus-tottenham-hotspur\/\" target=\"_self\">No Bid for Manchester City Forward From Tottenham Hotspur<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fee that Leeds receive for Phillips will go a long way to helping Marsch in strengthening a squad that failed to reach the heights of their first season back in the top flight after 16 years. The first of the signings the money may be used for could well be a Manchester City midfielder, Darko Gyabi, in a deal for \u00a35 million.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds have already signed another midfielder this summer, coincidentally a player from Guardiola&#8217;s previous club Bayern Munich, <a href=\"\/football\/2022\/06\/09\/leeds-united-target-bayern-munich-midfielder\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Marc Roca<\/a> for around \u00a310 million. They&#8217;re also interested in Tyler Adams, who played under Marsch for New York Red Bulls.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Manchester City have reached verbal agreement with Leeds to sign Kalvin Phillips on permanent deal, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@David_Ornstein<\/a>. Talks at final stages. \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MCFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leeds will receive \u00a342m guaranteed fee plus add-ons. Work in progress on player\u2019s contract. Next top target: Cucurella. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I2e5jwLPff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/I2e5jwLPff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1540374824245149697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Phillips&#8217; Role at City<\/h3>\n<p>Devout servant and one of the best players of this era, <a href=\"\/football\/2022\/04\/12\/fernandinho-will-leave-manchester-city-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Fernandinho<\/a>, left Manchester City at the end of the season. A player that&#8217;s almost impossible to replace, but Phillips will be brought in to strengthen the options Guardiola has to anchor his midfield alongside the ever-present Rodri.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips would bring his all-action style to the Citizens&#8217; midfield, a much different profile to the Spaniard who currently holds down that position. The England international will hope to rediscover, and build from, the form he found under <a href=\"\/football\/2022\/02\/28\/leeds-united-marcelo-bielsa-leave\/\" target=\"_self\">Marcelo Bielsa<\/a> &#8211; who Guardiola regards as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D2P-owj0Y-8\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best coach in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/every-premier-league-transfer-completed-in-summer-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"\/football\/2022\/06\/24\/26-player-squad-fifa-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Qatar World Cup<\/a> coming up in the winter, Phillips will look to improve even further after cementing himself as a member of Gareth Southgate&#8217;s England squad. He put in some excellent performances since breaking into the squad, including during Euro 2020, and may grow to become a key player in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City and Leeds United have reached an agreement for midfielder Kalvin Phillips, according to David Ornstein. Phillips is closing in on a move to the Etihad Stadium for a fee reported to be around \u00a342 million plus add-ons, which could be completed when the player returns for preseason at the start of July. \ud83d\udea8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4215,"featured_media":614228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2,6443,3,7188],"tags":[3970],"class_list":["post-614224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city","category-featured","category-leeds-united","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-kalvin-phillips"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4215"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}