Leeds United supporters are distraught following the news Kalvin Phillips is set to join Manchester City. The Athletic were the first outlet to report the Whites will accept a fee of around £50million for their academy product and star asset.
Reports have continuously linked Phillips with a move away from Elland Road since promotion to the Premier League was secured. Fears of losing their star asset heightened after the 26-year-old shone for England at EURO 2020 last summer, with Newcastle United and West Ham vying for Phillips’ signature.
However, the champions appear to have won the race to sign Phillips and advanced talks are underway. Leeds fans are raging following the news and believe his sale is ominous for the Whites’ chances next season.
This is how many decided to react on social media following the news.
@mattcowan86: What a shocking deal though, Phil! Ake cost them £50m a couple of years ago, Grealish £100m last summer. This is England's player of the year for 2021, the Crown Jewel at the club, and Radz lets him go for £45m! It’s poor running of the club! #LUFC
@nathanbritten: Real problem with selling KP and Raphinha is that we’ll replace them with gambles. If the gambles don’t pay off, we’ll be down next year. #lufc
@squasher7: Fuming if Phillips goes on the cheap..never forget Maguire went for £80M #LUFC
@JonnJenson: That deal with city gives me no hope for getting a good deal for raphinha awful business #LUFC
@matteohib94: If we went down. We wouldn’t have got half that for KP. Missed half of last season as well as missing a few games season before. We discovered very harshly no squad depth = big trouble. Let's replace him with 2 if not 3 players. Also good it’s happened early to replace him #lufc
@KellierLUFC: When all the details come out I’d say it will be at least 50 million+ & the player added in #imo just wait and see,it is what it is,that’s football,Good Luck to Phillips,we have added great signings already & let’s kept the singing coming & we go from there #lufc #mot
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