{"id":400454,"date":"2025-09-05T16:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/400454\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:51:18","slug":"leeds-united-hero-kalvin-phillips-linked-with-surprise-move-abroad-from-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/400454\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United hero Kalvin Phillips linked with surprise move abroad from Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United\u2019s interest in Kalvin Phillips remained just that this summer, with the midfielder staying at Man City past the transfer deadline.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back during the summer of 2022,\u00a0Kalvin Phillips<\/a>\u00a0left boyhood club\u00a0Leeds United<\/a>\u00a0for Manchester City. While it was painful for\u00a0Leeds\u00a0fans to lose the England international, many understood his decision to unite with Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n\nSeason\/League<\/td>\nAppearances<\/td>\nGoals<\/td>\nAssists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2014\/15 \u2013 Championship<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015\/16 \u2013 Championship<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2016\/17 \u2013 Championship<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2017\/18 \u2013 Championship<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018\/19 \u2013 Championship<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2019\/20 \u2013 Championship<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2020\/21 \u2013 Premier League<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2021\/22 \u2013 Premier League<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Kalvin Phillips\u2019 Leeds career<\/p>\n

Injuries, the form of Rodri, and public criticism from Guardiola in press conferences have since seen Phillips lose confidence and go on loan to both West Ham United and Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s become even clearer that Phillips is continuing to drop in the Man City pecking order<\/a>. Amid that, Graeme Bailey told\u00a0Leeds United News<\/strong>\u00a0that\u00a0Phillips wanted to come back to Leeds<\/a>\u00a0this summer.<\/p>\n

\"ManchesterPhoto by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesLyon eye Man City midfielder Kalvin Phillips<\/p>\n

Man City were reportedly considering paying Phillips off<\/a> earlier in the summer. Leeds United News<\/strong> sources have since confirmed to us that it was a consideration late in the window for Man City and Phillips<\/a>, but January is a period for them to reassess.<\/p>\n

He still remains under contract until 2028. Earlier in the year, we revealed that\u00a0Leeds could target a loan deal for Phillips<\/a>\u00a0in a bid to get around the cost of an expensive transfer deal. However, nothing materialised on that front, either.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible that Leeds could be in the mix for Phillips<\/a> in January or beyond, but he will be a 30-year-old at that stage. It\u2019s been reported that\u00a0City have an asking price of \u00a320 million for Phillips<\/a>,\u00a0too.<\/p>\n

Leeds made a late check on deadline day<\/a> but he remained put. Now, a surprise club has entered the race. It could see Phillips play abroad for the first time as well.<\/p>\n

MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because, according to\u00a0GOAL<\/a>, Lyon are targeting Man City trio Kalvin Phillips, Nico O\u2019Reilly, and Josh Wilson-Esbrand for potential January moves to the French club.<\/p>\n

They have a strong relationship with\u00a0Etihad bosses following the summer transfer of Rayan Cherki. The report states that could be used for further transfer dealings, including a surprise move to France for Phillips.<\/p>\n

\"RotherhamPhoto by Matt McNulty\/Getty ImagesRecent English players at Lyon<\/p>\n

Phillips\u2019 best form came under Marcelo Bielsa<\/a> but could a move to a different league be just the tonic for Phillips? In recent years, there have been a number of English players to play for the French giants.<\/p>\n

Tyler Morton has only just joined Lyon from Liverpool this summer, with the Lucas Perri deal helping to fund a move for the former Blackburn Rovers and Hull City loanee.<\/p>\n

He is not the only English player on their books, nor is he the only one to have joined from one of English football\u2019s biggest and most historic clubs lately.<\/p>\n

Ainsley Maitland-Niles joined Lyon in the summer of 2023, meaning he is now in his third season with the club in a row. Players like that could help Phillips settle, should a deal be struck in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United\u2019s interest in Kalvin Phillips remained just that this summer, with the midfielder staying at Man City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,45305,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-400454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-kalvin-phillips","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115152727988332367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}