I was feeling very SAD and down…” The 28-year-old reveals that he began to experience feelings of ‘uselessness’ while playing for Manchester City.

Phillips has joined West Ham United on loan for the remainder of the season after a challenging 18 months at the Etihad following his transfer from Leeds United.

The 28-year-old made few appearances in City’s treble-winning season but chose to stay and fight for his place in the summer, when an even earlier departure was expected.

Phillips’ minutes haven’t increased, and he couldn’t even make the squad when Rodri was suspended.

Kalvin Phillips talks about his Manchester City departure.
Phillips has stated that he had to abandon football to rediscover his passion. “It’s obviously a big decision for me and my family, but I believe it was one that I needed to make because I wasn’t getting enough game time,” he told his new club’s Official Programme ahead of the weekend’s encounter against Arsenal.

“When I left Manchester City in January, all I wanted was to be back playing football and to enjoy it. When you haven’t played football in a long time, you start to feel a little useless since you haven’t accomplished anything.

“So, for me, it was simply about returning to a good team with nice fans and enjoying my sport again.

“I was very sad when I realised that my next step had to be to move on, but I got over it pretty quickly and was just more excited than anything to get down here and see the place and how busy London is.” “I was very excited to get started.”

Finally, the proper decision.
It was a daring decision at the time, but it turned out to be pointless. Phillips might have left City in the summer and played all season, rather than now trying to shake off the ring rust while the season is in full swing.

However, before the transfer market opened, he put an end to any speculation about his departure by stating unequivocally that he wanted to stay at City and fight for his spot in the team.

Professional footballers must believe in themselves, and leaving a treble-winning club must be difficult.

However, it was already abundantly clear that Pep Guardiola did not think Phillips was good enough, as evidenced by the manager’s decision to play everyone else in the holding position instead of Phillips when Rodri was suspended.