“Pep Guardiola doesn’t value me any more at Man City he rufuse to extend my contract and bench me always”- Pep Guardiola will be terminating the contract of £45m Man City flop

Pep Guardiola left Kalvin Phillips on the bench for the entirety of Manchester City’s 3-1 victory over West Ham.

The England international was named as a replacement but did not see any action.

Following his £45 million signing from Leeds United in July 2022, the 27-year-old has rarely started in the Premier League for Manchester City.

Phillips started just two Premier League games in 2022/23 and has yet to play in the Premier League this season.

However, the Yorkshire Pirlo, as he was affectionately known at Elland Road, must have expected to see some action at the London Stadium on Saturday, with Mateo Kovacic and Kevin De Bruyne both out injured.

Phillips also started England’s 3-1 victory over Scotland on Tuesday, so he was prepared to take over.

Despite this, Guardiola chose not to give him even a brief cameo, even after Erling Haaland sealed all three points in the 86th minute, which must have irritated the Manchester City No.4 in east London.

Kalvin Phillips is rumored to be leaving Manchester City.
Phillips has been suggested by an anonymous football agent to depart the Etihad Stadium in January as a result of his lack of playing time.

The unnamed individual took part in The Athletic’s analysis of the summer transfer window, casting their vote for Phillips in the section devoted to the most likely January transfers.

We can’t help but concur.

In the end, it all comes down to what Phillips wants at this point in his career.

The Leeds-born virtuoso has the option of staying at Manchester City and winning a potential sextuple of trophies this season, or leaving to become a crucial player elsewhere, as he was in Yorkshire.

Hopefully, Phillips is not too disheartened after Guardiola passed him up on Saturday.