Manchester City are delighted to announce the signing of Kalvin Phillips on a six-year deal.
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Phillips can’t wait to get started
The 26-year-old midfielder joins Leeds United, having made 234 appearances over eight seasons, scoring 14 goals and assisting 14.
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In addition to widespread admiration for his national performances with the Elland Road club, Kalvin has also received praise for his impressive individual and collective contribution to the English national team.
He was one of the key components of the Three Lions team that reached the final of Euro 2020 last summer and also played an important role in helping to guide the national team towards the final of the World Cup. ‘this year in Qatar.
“I am absolutely delighted to have joined Manchester City,” Phillips said.
“City has once again proved to be the best team in the country with an incredible squad and a coach from Pep Guardiola who is rightly considered the best in the world.
“Being able to play with Pep and learn from him and his coaching staff, as well as being part of such a fantastic team is a prospect that I am incredibly excited about.
“The City is a world-class club with world-class staff and facilities and it is a dream come true to have joined the Club.
“Now I can’t wait to get started and look to try to help the team move forward and achieve more success.”
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Football director Txiki Begiristain added: “Kalvin is a player we have admired for a long time and, both nationally and internationally, he has demonstrated his skill and fantastic quality over the last few seasons.
“His reading of the game, together with his ability to pass, energy and drive, make him a formidable talent and he is a player with a great desire to win.
“We believe it will be a great addition to our team and will complement our game perfectly.
“Everyone here is looking forward to seeing Kalvin play and develop further over the next few years.”
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Pure blood from the Premier League
One of the key components of Gareth Southgate’s English team, in recent seasons, Phillips has reaffirmed his position as one of the most outstanding defensive midfielders in the Premier League.
Armed with formidable passing range and astute tactical awareness, Phillips combines these key attributes along with his formidable stamina and infectious appetite for success.
With impressive technique, he feels comfortable receiving the ball under pressure and can also break the lines in the central areas of play.
With eight seasons of experience at Elland Road in his belt, Phillips ’career has been a steady upward trajectory.
Born and raised in Leeds, Phillips joined the Elland Road Club Academy at the age of 14, impressive as he progressed through the club’s age groups initially as a more central midfielder.
After being an unused substitute in a third-round FA Cup tie at Sunderland in January 2015, Phillips made his first-team debut against the Wolves in April of that year.
Kalvin then made his senior home debut by scoring a 2-1 defeat to Cardiff that same month in 2015.
After making 10 appearances after the 2015/16 season, Phillips ’career in Leeds really took flight in the 2016/17 season with Phillips playing 40 times.
He then calculated 43 times the following campaign while delving deeper into his football education and also won the Young Player of the Month Award for the first time in October 2017.
However, it was Marcelo Bielsa’s appointment as Leeds coach in the summer of 2018 that was a transformative moment in Phillips ’career.
The appointment of the visionary former Argentine and Chilean coach made Phillips a deeper lying player in the engine room and also, at times, deployed in central defense.
He made the transition with aplomb, and played 46 appearances in Bielsa’s first season at the helm at Elland Road, scoring three goals.
Such was his instant impact, Phillips earned a place in the EFL Championship Team of the Year when Leeds finished third in the table, only to be overtaken by Derby in the semi-finals of the championship play-off.
In the 2019/20 campaign, interrupted by COVID-19, Phillips was once again a tower of strength, playing 40 games in total and proved a key figure in helping Leeds finally end the 16-year absence of the club in the highest category while winning promotion.
Eligible to play in both England and Jamaica and the Republic of Ireland through his family legacy, before Leeds returned to the Premier League, Phillips was first named to the English national team in August 2020.
He later made his international debut in a League of Nations clash with Denmark the following month, becoming the third player of that century to play for the Three Lions before taking part in a top-flight match, following the steps by Jack Butland and Wilfried Zaha.
That same day Phillips was also selected as part of the team for the 2019/20 PFA Championship season.
His inaugural season playing in the Premier League saw Phillips further refine his tactical awareness and adaptability as he went further and further, along the way reaching his 200th appearance with Leeds.
After helping Leeds finish ninth in their return to the top flight, Phillips further reaffirmed his quality in the summer of 2021 by starting all matches when England reached the Euro 2020 final.
The 26-year-old earned praise from experts, fans and the media for a series of combative and dynamic displays, as Gareth Southgate’s team reached a first final in 55 years before being defeated on penalties by Italy.
In fact, such was his impact for the Three Lions, he was voted as male player of the year 2020-21 BT England beating Mason Mount and new City teammate Raheem Sterling in honor.
Although the 2021/22 season turned out to be a more difficult affair for Leeds, Phillips remained impressive before his campaign was interrupted by a hamstring injury that sidelined him for almost four months, although returned in the spring to help the whole of Yorkshire preserve its level. first level state.
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STATISTICS SEASON TO SEASON
2014/15
Matches played: 2 Goals: 1
2015/16
Games played: 10
2016/17
Matches played: 40 Goals: 1 Assists: 2
2017/18
Matches played: 43 Goals: 7 Assists: 3
2018/19
Matches played: 46 Goals: 1 Assists: 3
2019/20
Matches played: 40 Goals: 2 Assists: 2
2020/21
Matches played: 30 Goals: 1 Assists: 3
2021/22
Matches played: 23 Goals: 1 Assists: 1