£45m for an England international who was 25/26? He was also Leeds' best player and managed by a manager who Pep rates.Has Phillips had a great start to his City career? No. Would we get the money back? Yes. Phillips isn't a bad player and I've said on other threads that for England, he's better than Rice. He's clearly not a bad player by any measure.
I'm not saying that every single transfer has been good, but on the whole we've bettered every single team in England by a mile and the trophy count backs that up :)