{"id":634553,"date":"2024-01-25T08:58:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=634553"},"modified":"2024-01-25T08:58:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:58:23","slug":"manchester-city-loan-kalvin-phillips-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/25\/manchester-city-loan-kalvin-phillips-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Here We Go!\u2019: Fabrizio Romano Confirms \u2018Spectacular\u2019 \u00a342 Million Player Is Leaving Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have again positioned themselves in a place to contend for all three major competitions this campaign. Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side are second in the Premier League table, through to the fourth round of the FA Cup, and in a strong position to make another Champions League run. However, one player who will not be available for these competitions is Kalvin Phillips.<\/p>\n<h2>Kalvin Phillips Loan Deal to West Ham Agreed<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\u2692\ufe0f Kalvin Phillips to West Ham, here we go! Loan deal agreed with Man City and also on player side. One more from Tim Steidten.<\/p>\n<p>Understand it will also include an option to buy clause in June for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WHUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WHUFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Medical tests booked on Wednesday.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TurkishAirlines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TurkishAirlines<\/a> \u2708\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zfv9UAOLXO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/zfv9UAOLXO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1749802109397320090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Loan Details Provided By Fabrizio Romano<\/h3>\n<p>Italian journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1749802109397320090?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> was one of the first to tweet the news that City had agreed to loan Kalvin Phillips to West Ham United. The 28-year-old defensive midfielder, who joined from Leeds United in 2022 for <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3388158\/2022\/07\/04\/manchester-city-phillips-transfer-leeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a342 million<\/a>, has only made ten appearances for The Citizens this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/23\/tottenham-james-maddison-injury-boost-manchester-city-fa-cup\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Hoping To Start Work With The Group\u2019: Tottenham Handed Double Injury Boost Ahead Of Manchester City FA Cup Clash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Romano stated that Phillips&#8217; medical tests were &#8220;booked on Wednesday.&#8221; He also stated that West Ham have an option to complete a permanent purchase of the midfielder. That decision will be made this summer after the midfielder has time to leave his mark for the London club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>Why Is Egypt Angry With Mohammed Salah?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"So, Mo Salah Made Egypt Angry.... - Last Word on Football, 23\/1\/24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FON12XObV38?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Phillips&#8217; Hefty Buyout Option<\/h3>\n<p>Sky Sports Germany journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1749805759100280985?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florian Plettenberg<\/a> tweeted on Tuesday afternoon that West Ham&#8217;s option to purchase Phillips this summer is over \u00a334 million. He did report that the Englishman&#8217;s &#8220;Medical is scheduled for Thursday,&#8221; which varies from Romano&#8217;s post, but both clubs are sure to want to see the move completed as early as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/10\/brighton-valentin-barco-boca-juniors-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Medical Booked: Brighton Beat Manchester City and Liverpool in Race to Sign South American &#8216;Phenomenon<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Phillips&#8217; large clause for a permanent move highlights City&#8217;s desire to get a return on their 2022 transfer. The midfielder did not establish himself in the club&#8217;s starting lineup. Described as <a href=\"https:\/\/tottenhaminsight.com\/spurs-spying-spectacular-champions-league-winner-kalvin-phillips-january-window-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;spectacular&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0especially due to his work at Leeds, he will hope to prove at West Ham that his career has plenty left to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have again positioned themselves in a place to contend for all three major competitions this campaign. Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side are second in the Premier League table, through to the fourth round of the FA Cup, and in a strong position to make another Champions League run. However, one player who will not be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4764,"featured_media":632905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1705968000","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Phillips","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"300","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,7188],"tags":[3970,7483],"class_list":["post-634553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-kalvin-phillips","tag-manchester-city-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634553","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\/4764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}