Kalvin Phillips

Manchester City have confirmed the signing of Kalvin Phillips from Leeds. The England midfielder has joined for £42m plus add-ons on a six-year contract.

The 26-year-old wrote: “I hope you guys understand my decision and will accept that I only want to chase my dreams and test myself against and with the best teams and best players on the planet. City owners, City Football Group, have made Palermo the 11th club fully under the CFG banner after acquiring a majority stake in the Sicilian side, who won promotion to Serie B last season. Personal terms have been agreed with Sinisterra, a 23-year-old Colombia international.

Phillips joined Leeds' academy at the age of 14 before making his senior debut in the 2014-15 season.

The midfielder has earned 23 caps for England since making his debut in 2020 and featured at the European Championships last year, where coach Gareth Southgate’s team lost in the final to Italy in a penalty shootout. Can’t wait to keep on challenging myself and learn from the best along the way 🙌🏽💙@ManCity pic.twitter.com/FKPr2XYRdS Phillips joined Leeds’ academy at the age of 14 before making his senior debut in the 2014-15 season.

Manchester City have completed the signing of midfielder Kalvin Phillips from Leeds on a six-year contract. City agreed a basic fee of £42million with Leeds for ...

It's a shame to see him leaving from a fan's angle but it's an incredible opportunity and one nobody would begrudge him the move. All the boys will be sad to see him go." You can also catch up with the ins, outs and analysis on Sky Sports News. "On the flip side, it is frustrating from a Leeds perspective as we don't want to see one of our own leaving. They've already made three signings this summer in Brenden Aaronson, Rasmus Kristensen and Marc Roca. Those players would have signed regardless, but there's money in the kitty now. "I'm over the moon for him. "He's at that stage of his career where it's an opportunity that is probably too good to be true, so he had no option really. You are the best fans in the world." "He's still going to play 20+ games next season - a little bit like Raheem Sterling did this year. He wrote: "I cannot mention Leeds without mentioning one special person - Marcelo. The best manager I have ever come across. but playing for you was the one I will never forget. He then played a key role for England as they reached the final of Euro 2020 last year.

Kalvin Phillips has joined Manchester City from Leeds United for £42 million and the England midfielder looks a perfect fit for Pep Guardiola's team having ...

“I think there is a lot more to come from me," he added. The driver has to be there in the front.” Guardiola will be looking forward to working with him too. "The holding midfielder has to be [in front of the defence]," the City boss told his compatriot. I haven’t experienced many of them but hopefully this season I will.” I deal very well with situations like that. "I am very grateful for him coaching me. Certainly, at the Etihad, there is as close to a guarantee as possible of playing in big games and challenging for major trophies. "It is hard for me to say right now how I am going to play in the team, but I am thrilled to come to a team with 18 superstars,” Phillips said. "And I think the way that City play is very high tempo and they keep the ball and do it very well, so they score a lot of goals." "He's improved a lot in the moments of a game and he knows how to find a solution that each action demands. "Kalvin has obtained a prestige that allows him to have bigger influence in the games, and his team-mates perceive that capacity," Bielsa said.

The balance of education and football training satisfied most schools in Leeds and when the club approached them to draft students into the youth development ...

“Even him and Ronny, they were fighting for the same place for a while but it was never a rivalry, never a competition. He will earn big money at the Etihad and for parts of last season, he was followed around by a documentary crew. “He was the one who came up to me in the dressing room,” Huffer says. Phillips had kept in touch with him and his brother Ronaldo. “I just said to him ‘Proud of you, bro. “I don’t know Kalvin personally, in the sense that we’re not close friends, but that was a difficult period for me and he’d always take the time to ask how I was doing,” Downing says. “When he was coming round to getting his pro deal, it was a big part of the conversation. But even if it wasn’t (Bielsa’s) decision, that was the point where Marcelo seemed to put total faith in Kalvin. It was like that big moment where something happens and no one looks back.” “He studied videos of Kalvin and saw what he did best.” “He didn’t have the pressure that the other lads in that year group had,” says Lucy Ward, Leeds’ education and welfare officer at the time. Phillips was in his mid-teens and coming to a professional club later than many kids do, and a letter was sent to him warning that Leeds’ request to take him out of school would be turned down. “Kalvin was with me as a first-team scholar to begin with, and for a while, he struggled to get into the team,” Naylor says. “You relate to the players who made it before you,” says Romario Vieira, a former Leeds youth-team player who knows Phillips well.

Kalvin Phillips, England's Player of the Year for 2021, made sure he comforted Bukayo Saka after his miss vs Italy.

“In the way we lost the final, especially for Bukayo because he is so young, on a big stage, I just felt like I needed to go over and console him. 🥺 Didn’t think it was possible for me to be any more proud of Kalvin Phillips but I was wrong. We all think the world of you right now.'” “I just said ‘don’t worry about it. Seeing all those blue shirts swarming in around Saka on his own and then that one white shirt charging forward to console him… Phillips could easily have fallen to his knees after Italy’s victory was confirmed, but he knew Saka – who was just 19 at the time – was in desperate need of comforting as soon as possible.

John Stones and Kyle Walker helped to convince Kalvin Phillips to join Manchester City while they were away together on England duty.

“I think I am going to learn a lot from not just Pep but the whole team, even the good players that are playing in my position. “I spoke to them in the last England camp. However, a conversation with two City defender s last month helped Phillips to know he wanted to go to the Etihad - not least because of the intrigue of how different it is to other clubs.