Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips has today completed a transfer to reigning Premier League champions Manchester City for an undisclosed fee.
He also scored his first Premier League goal against West Bromwich Albion in the final match of the campaign. Last season, injuries restricted Phillips to just 23 appearances in all competitions, but he returned at the back end of the campaign, to help Leeds secure Premier League safety, which came on the final day of the season at Brentford. He was named in the EFL Sky Bet Championship Team of the Season and the PFA Championship Team of the Year at the end of the campaign and was rewarded with a first England cap, which came on 8th September 2020 against Denmark.
The 26-year-old midfielder joins from Leeds United, having made 234 appearances over the course of eight seasons, scoring 14 goals and assisting 14.
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The 26-year-old England international has signed a six-year deal with the Premier League champions. He becomes Pep Guardiola's third summer signing after the ...
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Manchester City have confirmed the signing of Kalvin Phillips from Leeds. The England midfielder has joined for £42m plus add-ons on a six-year contract.
The 26-year-old wrote: “I hope you guys understand my decision and will accept that I only want to chase my dreams and test myself against and with the best teams and best players on the planet. City owners, City Football Group, have made Palermo the 11th club fully under the CFG banner after acquiring a majority stake in the Sicilian side, who won promotion to Serie B last season. Personal terms have been agreed with Sinisterra, a 23-year-old Colombia international.
Manchester City have completed the signing of midfielder Kalvin Phillips from Leeds on a six-year contract. City agreed a basic fee of £42million with Leeds for ...
It's a shame to see him leaving from a fan's angle but it's an incredible opportunity and one nobody would begrudge him the move. All the boys will be sad to see him go." You can also catch up with the ins, outs and analysis on Sky Sports News. "On the flip side, it is frustrating from a Leeds perspective as we don't want to see one of our own leaving. They've already made three signings this summer in Brenden Aaronson, Rasmus Kristensen and Marc Roca. Those players would have signed regardless, but there's money in the kitty now. "I'm over the moon for him. "He's at that stage of his career where it's an opportunity that is probably too good to be true, so he had no option really. You are the best fans in the world." "He's still going to play 20+ games next season - a little bit like Raheem Sterling did this year. He wrote: "I cannot mention Leeds without mentioning one special person - Marcelo. The best manager I have ever come across. but playing for you was the one I will never forget. He then played a key role for England as they reached the final of Euro 2020 last year.
Manchester City have completed the signing of midfielder Kalvin Phillips from Leeds on a six-year contract, the Premier League champions have announced.
You came into this club and gave every single player confidence and belief in a very difficult season and that’s what kept us in the league.” You are the best fans in the world.” He wrote: “I cannot mention Leeds without mentioning one special person – Marcelo. The best manager I have ever come across. He then played a key role for England as they reached the final of Euro 2020 last year. “We feel he will be a superb addition to our squad and that he will complement our game perfectly.” “He will always be a champion in Leeds, remembered for playing his part in getting the club back to where it belongs and will always be welcome at Elland Road.”
John Stones and Kyle Walker helped to convince Kalvin Phillips to join Manchester City while they were away together on England duty.
“I think I am going to learn a lot from not just Pep but the whole team, even the good players that are playing in my position. “I spoke to them in the last England camp. However, a conversation with two City defender s last month helped Phillips to know he wanted to go to the Etihad - not least because of the intrigue of how different it is to other clubs.
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“Even him and Ronny, they were fighting for the same place for a while but it was never a rivalry, never a competition. He will earn big money at the Etihad and for parts of last season, he was followed around by a documentary crew. “He was the one who came up to me in the dressing room,” Huffer says. Phillips had kept in touch with him and his brother Ronaldo. “I just said to him ‘Proud of you, bro. “I don’t know Kalvin personally, in the sense that we’re not close friends, but that was a difficult period for me and he’d always take the time to ask how I was doing,” Downing says. “When he was coming round to getting his pro deal, it was a big part of the conversation. But even if it wasn’t (Bielsa’s) decision, that was the point where Marcelo seemed to put total faith in Kalvin. It was like that big moment where something happens and no one looks back.” “He studied videos of Kalvin and saw what he did best.” “He didn’t have the pressure that the other lads in that year group had,” says Lucy Ward, Leeds’ education and welfare officer at the time. Phillips was in his mid-teens and coming to a professional club later than many kids do, and a letter was sent to him warning that Leeds’ request to take him out of school would be turned down. “Kalvin was with me as a first-team scholar to begin with, and for a while, he struggled to get into the team,” Naylor says. “You relate to the players who made it before you,” says Romario Vieira, a former Leeds youth-team player who knows Phillips well.
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Kalvin Phillips, England's Player of the Year for 2021, made sure he comforted Bukayo Saka after his miss vs Italy.
“In the way we lost the final, especially for Bukayo because he is so young, on a big stage, I just felt like I needed to go over and console him. 🥺 Didn’t think it was possible for me to be any more proud of Kalvin Phillips but I was wrong. We all think the world of you right now.'” “I just said ‘don’t worry about it. Seeing all those blue shirts swarming in around Saka on his own and then that one white shirt charging forward to console him… Phillips could easily have fallen to his knees after Italy’s victory was confirmed, but he knew Saka – who was just 19 at the time – was in desperate need of comforting as soon as possible.
After a difficult upbringing, Leeds United legend Kalvin Phillips has won the hearts of thousands after helping his home team get promoted to the Premier ...
Kalvin also detailed that his father, Mark, has been “in and out my life since when I was young” and had been in the “wrong crowd”, and had spent time in prison. Kalvin has been very open about the struggles he had growing up, revealing that he had free school meals and that his mother sometimes didn’t eat at night in order to ensure there was enough food for him and his siblings. “City have again proved to the best team in the country with an amazing squad and a manager in Pep Guardiola who is rightly considered to be the finest in the world.
Kalvin Phillips will reportedly earn £150000-per-week at Manchester City - with only seven players earning more than him.
They survived after a final day victory over Brentford. Ederson - £160,000-per-week Check out the wages of City's full squad below per The Sun and Salary Sport among other sources.