Kalvin Phillips | Joins City on a 6-year deal

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He's not just a backup for Rodri. He can play the RM position in a bit more advanced position pretty well as he showed with England when playing with Rice. He can play the Bernardo role fairly well against most teams (pretty much every team in the Prem besides Liverpool and Chelsea in my opinion).

He seems like a great addition to the locker room as well which is very important to City according to Soriano.
 
I am hoping Pep would play both Phillips and Rodri together. The two will relieve De Bruyne and Haaland of some of their defensive responsibilities.
 
14aguero said:
I am hoping Pep would play both Phillips and Rodri together. The two will relieve De Bruyne and Haaland of some of their defensive responsibilities.
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Can see that away from home against the likes of the dippers, spurs, maybe the arse and later in the champions league against the big boys
 
I hope personally that Phillips gets good game time in the cups, certain premiership games as well as champions league football. I’m not talking purely off sentiment but I like his story and he deserves a shot.
What I would say is we have spent probably £10-£15m too much based on his recent injury record and City tax, balancing act and required with Ferna going but could we have poked around Bellingham and then potentially made a move next summer, I just hope whatever happens he doesn’t end up with the dippers.
 
One of my best pals is a Leeds fan (I know its hard to trust them) but he's adamant he is absolutely top level and will be a key player.

I was a fan of Delph and brought him up but he says the Yorkshire pudding is completely next level.

Let's hope so blues
 
I think it’ll be good to see him in a completely different system whereby he has a lot more of the ball and less pressure to defend. Hopefully it’ll also help his England game and an added bonus of a few less injuries having to dive in and make so many last ditch tackles.
 
Absolute steal. Remember Fernandinho was practically unknown and a similar age when we signed him 10 years ago for 10m less, compare to today’s market and especially English tax. Prem proven too.
 
Hoping he does well, you never really know how a player will make the jump to this level

I remember in the last couple of games of the Euros, he basically become a passenger towards the end and rice was carrying him, it’s pretty noticeable if you watch those games back. I don’t think that was really anything to do with his ability, I think possibly the mental fatigue of being way above anything he’s been at before in terms of stage and pressure and everything. The reality is that he probably wouldn’t have been a starter then if Henderson was fit.

I’m sure he will acclimatise to being at the top club day in day out and then it just becomes down to his talent. Plenty of people seem to be sold on his ability. I can’t say I’ve ever been particularly blown away by him or anything but he’s a solid and reliable player and maybe that’s all he needs to be. Not everybody needs to be spectacular in a balanced side.

£42m really isn’t a huge fee these days really. Well it’s still quite a sum, But given the fact he is still pretty young and an England international and proven in the premier league , if I was a Leeds fan, I’ll probably be wondering why we let him go for that much
 
MCFCFanTX said:
He's not just a backup for Rodri. He can play the RM position in a bit more advanced position pretty well as he showed with England when playing with Rice. He can play the Bernardo role fairly well against most teams (pretty much every team in the Prem besides Liverpool and Chelsea in my opinion).

He seems like a great addition to the locker room as well which is very important to City according to Soriano.
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Let’s be real. He is never going to play RM, lol.
 
Anne’sCoats said:
Let’s be real. He is never going to play RM, lol.
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If he's playing with Rodri he might. When Dinho and Rodri played together, one played higher up than the other. City doesn't play a rigid system as long as the principles are consistent. Bernardo at RM plays different than Kevin at RM, etc.
 
MCFCFanTX said:
If he's playing with Rodri he might. When Dinho and Rodri played together, one played higher up than the other. City doesn't play a rigid system as long as the principles are consistent. Bernardo at RM plays different than Kevin at RM, etc.
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Was very rare that happened but when it did I thought I seen more of one of the pivots dropping back forming a 3 when we occasionally played this. Dinho being the man who dropped back central of the 2 CBs?

I just personally can’t see Phillips being used as a RM. but who am I lol
 
Anne’sCoats said:
Was very rare that happened but when it did I thought I seen more of one of the pivots dropping back forming a 3 when we occasionally played this. Dinho being the man who dropped back central of the 2 CBs?

I just personally can’t see Phillips being used as a RM. but who am I lol
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No, I agree he will most likely be used as a CDM. However, given how small our squad generally is (rotation and/or injuries to other players) and if he and Rodri play together, he has it in his locker to be utilized in another role.
 
teddykgb said:
I think he means KDBs spot as a rcm not a 442 RM which of course he isn’t suited for
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So pretty much an 8 which is how we’ve played for years and can’t remember ever seeing Dinho or Rodri play in a 8 role (bar the end of a game)
MCFCFanTX said:
No, I agree he will most likely be used as a CDM. However, given how small our squad generally is (rotation and/or injuries to other players) and if he and Rodri play together, he has it in his locker to be utilized in another role.
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I’m not disagreeing with u pal, think a bit of confusion happened here regarding the RM/RCM meaning that’s all. Personally think flair, balance and agility along with the work rate is needed for our 8 role. Would love if we come unstuck to see Mcatee play some games there as it looks like Foden is becoming a wide player for us, but then again Bernardo looked like he was going that route and has been amazing as an 8.
 
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