Kalvin Philips’ latest Manchester City update
A look at who’s interested in the midfielder.
Transcript
00:00 And finally, picking out a specific player, Calvin Phillips, we've spoken a few times
00:07 about his time at City, it's not been the smoothest of a ride for him, or the club,
00:13 or Guardiola as well. What can you break down from his time and whether he's going to be
00:19 there or if they're going to use any window to move him on?
00:23 I'd be surprised, well, I'd say almost definitely he won't be there at the end of January. There's
00:32 quite a lot of interest from him. The two clubs who have been said to me are really
00:36 interested are Juventus and Newcastle. I mean, yeah, I don't know whether there is such a
00:45 front runner. I mean, Juventus were certainly really keen on him. They've obviously lost
00:49 a couple of midfielders this season through various reasons and they want to strengthen.
00:54 Newcastle are actually in the same boat mainly due to injury, but then you've obviously got
00:56 Tonale as well who's suspended. At this stage, I'd be surprised if it wasn't one of those
01:04 two clubs, but look, I mean, January's a long, you know, the window can, a lot can change
01:09 quite quickly and it only takes one club to kind of stumble a decent offer and the ball
01:15 can get rolling pretty quickly in that. But at the moment, they're certainly the two black
01:19 and white straights are looking the most likely. In terms of him as a player, I mean, I think
01:24 he'll be alone as well, I should add. I don't think he'll move permanently in January from
01:27 what I'm hearing. But I mean, in terms of him as a player, this just hasn't really worked,
01:36 has it? This move, I think, from a stage where everyone just feels a little bit slightly
01:41 awkward almost about how he as a player, but this transfer, the fact that, you know, he
01:47 was quite able to apologise in press conferences, he just cannot find a way of playing in any
01:52 kind of meaningful match. It's just awkward. It's just difficult, really. And he needs
01:56 to move. He needs to play minutes because I don't think anyone doubts he's a really
01:59 good player and, you know, performances he's put in for Leeds, for England, you know, I
02:03 think, and it's not a surprise that so many clubs are kind of tentatively expressing a
02:07 bit of an interest in him. So, yeah, and he just, look, he just needs to move. And I think
02:14 that whether City go in and try and get another midfielder to replace him, I don't know. I
02:19 mean, De Bruyne coming back might change all that as well. But I think for everyone's perspective,
02:23 he just needs to move on in January.
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