Shame for Phil if true. I mentioned on this thread a few weeks back about his new found confidence with his media responses and his earring and then came the blonde hair. I expected him to star at this tournament but it hasn’t happened unfortunately.
He’s played a lot of football in the last 12 months and hopefully the rest can galvanise him to come back even better as what a season he has had.
If Sterling is back on form then he’s guaranteed to start and if Kane comes in that’s one less position to occupy as well so for a wide attacker he will be competing with Mahrez, Torres, Bernardo and potentially Jesus.
I’d like to see him develop in a midfield role alongside KDB and a DM, I feel that if he did he wouldn’t be as easy to drop/miss out or sub off first as he is at the moment.