It has not been the smoothest transition for Kalvin Phillips since his summer move to Manchester City.
Consigned to the naughty step by Pep Guardiola after returning from World Cup duty "overweight", he was hauled off an hour into his first start for the club when City were unceremoniously dumped out of the Carabao Cup a week ago by Premier League strugglers Southampton. Before that came an unusual Leeds homecoming.
That was his first outing, albeit as an unused substitute, since being reprimanded so publicly by Guardiola following his Qatar adventure. "You're too fat to play for Leeds," sounded follow-up calls from the Elland Road faithful.
