{"id":22192,"date":"2022-06-28T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T22:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/28\/why-manchester-city-are-yet-to-confirm-kalvin-phillips-transfer\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T18:01:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T22:01:23","slug":"why-manchester-city-are-yet-to-confirm-kalvin-phillips-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/28\/why-manchester-city-are-yet-to-confirm-kalvin-phillips-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Manchester City are yet to confirm Kalvin Phillips transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>An explanation for why Manchester City have not announced the signing of Kalvin Phillips has been provided.<\/p>\n<p>Kalvin Phillips, now 26, has been a mainstay in Leeds\u2019 midfield for many years now.<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman is a Leeds native and came up through the club\u2019s youth ranks. Since breaking into the first-team, Phillips has notched an impressive 234 appearances for The Whites, scoring 14 and assisting 13 in the process.<\/p>\n<p>It is not his goal contributions, though, which have made Phillips such a key cog under both Marcelo Bielsa and Jesse Marsch.<\/p>\n<p>This has instead been his defensive prowess and relentless work ethic. Such traits earned the midfielder a regular starting spot in Gareth Southgate\u2019s England setup over the last year+.<\/p>\n<p>Also, with Leeds having only just survived relegation in 2021\/22, it was expected that a player of Phillips\u2019 quality will make the step up to a top-six side in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>And that did look likely to happen last week when it was reported by David Ornstein that Manchester City had reached an agreed with Leeds to sign Phillips for an initial \u00a342m plus \u00a33m in add-ons:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? 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\">#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\">#MCFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i25RND4Ad5\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/i25RND4Ad5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1540372243099918337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic gg101__brandbox--item_no-border\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1706221\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":764778,\"brand_name\":\"William Hill\",\"offer_text\":\"Bet u00a310 &amp; Get u00a330 in Free Bets\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/william-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/165x165_William-Hill.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"William Hill Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/william-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">Bet \u00a310 &amp; Get \u00a330 in Free Bets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #02204a\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/william-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">CLAIM NOW<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox-t-and-c\">18+. 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And with a medical yet to take place, a deal cannot be finalised until the midfielder returns from his holiday to undergo said medical.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/mls-betting-tips\/chicago-fire-vs-philadelphia-union-betting-tips-major-league-soccer-preview\/\">Chicago Fire vs Philadelphia Union betting tips: Major League Soccer preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/mls-betting-tips\/seattle-sounders-vs-club-de-foot-montreal-betting-tips-major-league-soccer-preview\/\">Seattle Sounders vs CF Montr\u00e9al betting tips: Major League Soccer preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An explanation for why Manchester City have not announced the signing of Kalvin Phillips has been provided. Kalvin Phillips, now 26, has been a mainstay in Leeds\u2019 midfield for many years now. The Englishman is a Leeds native and came up through the club\u2019s youth ranks. Since breaking into the first-team, Phillips has notched an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-22192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}