Source discusses player’s true feelings about moving to Manchester City as the West Ham deal draws closer.
The thoughts of the England international regarding his transfer to the Etihad Stadium have been made public by a recent report that sheds light on Kalvin Phillips’ time spent at Manchester City.
The most recent information is provided as Phillips approaches a potential transfer to the London Stadium and a reunion with West Ham United manager David Moyes, who is rumored to be a longtime fan of the midfielder’s abilities.
Because of Moyes’ conviction that Phillips can play a key role for West Ham both this season and next, the Hammers have approved a contract in which they will pay Phillips’ whole salary plus assume a buy-option for the summer transfer window.
Despite his Manchester City career coming to an end following a largely disastrous period on a game-time and opportunities front, a new report has detailed what the player really thinks of his exit from Leeds United for the silverware and success of the Etihad Stadium.
“Kalvin (Phillips) doesn’t have any regrets about the move (to Manchester City),” a source has emphasized to the newspaper, as disclosed in a recent report by Jack Gaughan for MailSport.
Eighteen months after making a £42 million transfer from Leeds United to the Premier League winners, Phillips sincerely feels he leaves Manchester City a different player than the one who entered the building in the summer of 2022, according to MailSport.
Nevertheless, the same source also discloses that Phillips has “not seemed himself recently as it became clear that his future would lie elsewhere,” despite the fact that the player is a hugely popular member of the City dressing room primarily because of his contagious personality.
After spending a warm-weather training camp in the Middle East, Kalvin Phillips had the opportunity to bid his friends and teammates from City as well as the club staff this week during an eight-hour flight from Abu Dhabi back to Manchester.
The 28-year-old did, however, get the chance to score in a Manchester City uniform in December when the European champions defeated Red Star Belgrade in Serbia on the sixth matchday of the Champions League group stage. He did this by confidently finishing with a penalty.
In order to replace Phillips, City may turn to the transfer market in the summer. A number of players, including Joshua Kimmich of Bayern Munich and the Germany national team, whom Pep Guardiola is familiar with from his time in Bavaria, are on their wish list.