Kalvin Phillips

[Kag]

Good player. Good signing.

Meanwhile, our starting midfielder in this position remains McTominay.

 

[Relevated]

Obviously the real price won’t be £42m, but it’s £42m for FFP purposes

Yeah it'll be more around £165m right? Because it's an oil club and all. Let me guess, wages of 10 mill a week off the books?

 

[Coops73]

How do City do it? everybody knows they have billions in the bank but they always get a decent deal. 42m for Philips is a steal.

I suspect it’s 42m to the outside world for ffp or whatever it is these days but back in the office during negotiations a few palms would have been crossed with silver.

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

Yeah it'll be more around £165m right? Because it's an oil club and all. Let me guess, wages of 10 mill a week off the books?

Let’s not get carried away eh

 

[ThierryHenry14]

Yeah it'll be more around £165m right? Because it's an oil club and all. Let me guess, wages of 10 mill a week off the books?

Nah. it is the Jesus money from Arsenal. Expect the Jesus transfer to be confirmed and announced very soon.

 

[Rajiztar]

Don’t see it…

Miles behInd Rodri for me.

No I am not saying he is better than rodri but I am fond of players want to take on challenges. He want to step up and I like that attitude. Nothing else. Future only tell it's right or wrong though. But nothing wrong with that.

 

[Ekeke]

My honest opinion - this is City "going English".

If he wasnt they wouldnt sign him. But they want to bolster the English core and he's a player who can come in and do that rotationally.

For me he's a 6/10 DM and 6.5/10 passer and wouldnt have been a significant upgrade on Fred and McTom

 

[Pearl.Jam]

Thank fvck for that, we’ve enough cack midfielders on our books already without adding another one to the list, he’s painfully average and a Leeds cvnt to boot!

 

[ThierryHenry14]

My honest opinion - this is City "going English".

If he wasnt they wouldnt sign him. But they want to bolster the English core and he's a player who can come in and do that rotationally.

For me he's a 6/10 DM and 6.5/10 passer and wouldnt have been a significant upgrade on Fred and McTom

If sterling is leaving City need a english player to replace him. so it is a no brainer.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

As a backup you have to say that's a fantastic signing to have.

 

[Ekeke]

If sterling is leaving City need a english player to replace him. so it is a no brainer.

Fair, although I'd argue that Sterling is a much better alternate than Phillips and more likely to become a first choice

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

As a backup you have to say that's a fantastic signing to have.

When money's no object, why not

 

[Andy_Cole]

Good player. Good signing.

Meanwhile, our starting midfielder in this position remains McTominay.

This is my thoughts. It doesn’t annoy me they got Phillips, as I don’t want him. It annoys me they signed a DM better than ours as their sub whilst we’re twiddling our thumbs.

 

[Kopral Jono]

My honest opinion - this is City "going English".

If he wasnt they wouldnt sign him. But they want to bolster the English core and he's a player who can come in and do that rotationally.

For me he's a 6/10 DM and 6.5/10 passer and wouldnt have been a significant upgrade on Fred and McTom

Yep, these were the sort of signings we used to make back in our peak days to good success. These days we just haven't a clue.

 

[fergies coat]

Depressing this. £42 mill and £100 million last season on squad players. They have two defensive midfielders and we haven't got any.

 

[Castia]

How much do you want them to pay 80-100m? 50m for Philips is already over paying for me. I mean if it was United signing him at that price you wouldn't be happy now, would you?

The initial fee is 42m that's a great price he's easily worth that. Looks good for Leeds and England and will no doubt look even better at City.

 

[Dazzmondo]

More squad depth for City. Very good signing, very good price, very good player. Leeds are going to struggle a lot without him.

 

[mikeyt]

Would he be happy? Place in the England team, WC coming up…

It won't matter, Southgate will play him regardless

 

[Bilbo]

Interesting signing. Can see City playing a very different way next season, with Haaland and Philips unable to play the same 'kill them with passes' style as the players they are replacing.

 

[G-manc]

Good bit of business by City.

I think he's limited as a footballer but they've obviously not signed him to spray passes around. What he is though is a perfect Fernandinho replacement - can be cynical with his fouling and play centre half at a push.

He needs to send Bielsa a text though cos he was going nowhere as an attacking mid when he arrived.

 

[Rolaholic]

He doesn't really help them in Europe but yes a decent Fernandinho replacement domestically

 

[Red00012]

He’s better than Rice but still really average so not overly concerned with this tbh.

He’s not better than Rice , that’s not even up for argument.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

How feckin dodgy is the deal for the youngster going the other way!? £5m for an 18 year old youngster with 1 year left on his contract and zero first team minutes...

 

[SirReginald]

My honest opinion - this is City "going English".

If he wasnt they wouldnt sign him. But they want to bolster the English core and he's a player who can come in and do that rotationally.

For me he's a 6/10 DM and 6.5/10 passer and wouldnt have been a significant upgrade on Fred and McTom

Sure he is bang average and I agree he is a 6/10 but not a significant upgrade on McTom? Not sure anyone would agree with that.

 

[Heinzesight]

Fingers crossed he’s as good for them as his taste in footwear.

So now that’s two England starting XI players warming the City bench.

 

[Okey]

Ah what will they do with Rodri? Something something or the other. Smooth operation. Wasn't even in the news yesterday. Of course different rules apply to United.

 

[T_Model101]

Were we not linked with a £65M move for him?
These official fees for the players they sign are ludicrous

 

[Leg-End]

Pfft. It’s getting hard to not get antsy.

 

[Abraxas]

Don't rate him. Squad depth for City but not a massive difference to the strength of their team for me. They're already ludicrously good with Haaland on top.

 

[NewYorkRed]

He’s not better than Rice , that’s not even up for argument.

Not getting into an argument. That’s just my opinion. Rice is a total nothing player. This lad is at least serviceable.

 

[RobinLFC]

Don't rate him. Squad depth for City but not a massive difference to the strength of their team for me. They're already ludicrously good with Haaland on top.

This. Also doesn't really suit their style and he's definitely no upgrade on Rodri. Rotation player, good for when they have injuries but it's not a deal breaker signing in any way.

 

[One Night Only]

We all know how this ends, spends the next 4 years on the bench before going to some mid table club, then ending up at a championship club.

 

[MiracleInMadrid]

Has all the attributes to be turned into a very good option by Pep.

 

[ShinjiNinja26]

Think he’s decent but a bit overrated by the media, certainly not Fernandinho level.

 

[Manchester Dan]

Depressing this. £42 mill and £100 million last season on squad players. They have two defensive midfielders and we haven't got any.

One is the best in the world as well.

 

[Robbie Boy]

He’s better than Rice but still really average so not overly concerned with this tbh.

Yup.

 

[HookedOnAPhelan]

The "rivalry" excuse is bullshit. He went for the money and the easy option. Feck him, let him rot on their bench.

 

[Trophy Room]

Good signing. No fuss, just got it done. We would’ve been haggling over 10 pence.

 

[Marcelinho87]

The "rivalry" excuse is bullshit. He went for the money and the easy option. Feck him, let him rot on their bench.

He went for the only club to bid... United never made an effort, possibly didn't want him.

 

[Lee565]

Christ, you have the best club in England that have a great defensive midfielder already and City still go out and spend 45 million on a back up defesnive whilst our club didn't even want to sign kamara on a free and haven't even signed anyone let alone a defensive midfielder after losing two midfielders that could be argued were our best options in possession, it's sad that even if we do sign a defensive midfielder we are still likely looking at bloody mctominay as our back up option in that role. That gap between us and City is just getting wider and wider on all levels in terms of the footballing side.

Not signing conte last year is costly mistake, at least we could have planned out our transfer window this summer but instead our number board were still deciding our new manager In April and are predictably fumbling around this transfer window with a manager that can't seem to think outside of recruiting ajax past or present players.