Silence from Manchester City and Leeds United has been deafening since news broke of a transfer agreement for Kalvin Phillips on Friday. The agreement granted the Premier League champions permission to formally discuss terms with the England international.
However, in the football world transfers are rarely played to the book like that and City are likely to have heard positive noises from Phillips’s camp before an offer was even made. There is no denying Pep Guardiola’s side is one of the very few options Phillips would have been keen to explore away from Elland Road.
Four days after the clubs reportedly agreed on a fee there is still no news on the midfielder’s future, but there are no doubts this move will happen. Phillips is away on holiday and before the bid was made his planned return date was June 30.
