Liverpool are weighing up the possibility of allowing defender Nat Phillips to return to Bournemouth on loan next season.
The Reds were ready to cash in on the 25-year-old centre-back after he helped the Cherries win promotion back to the Premier League during a successful six-month stint with the south-coast club.
But Phillips’ impressive form has prompted a rethink at Anfield - and there is a belief that he could develop into a long-term replacement for Joel Matip. Bolton-born Phillips signed a four-year contract with the Reds last summer after impressing Jurgen Klopp during the injury crisis that sidelined Virgil van Dijk, Matip and Joe Gomez.
