Tottenham is in a “massive” fight to recruit Kalvin Phillips, a midfielder for Manchester City, according to Football Insider.
Prior to the January transfer window, Spurs are reportedly “monitoring the situation” of the former Leeds player.
Due to recent injury setbacks and the impending AFCON in January, they plan to actively search for a midfield player during the January transfer window.
Pape Matar Sarr returned from the international break with a problem, missing the match versus Villa, and James Maddison is sidelined until at least January.
In addition, Rodrigo Bentancur, who made his Spurs debut after a nine-month absence due to injury, played just 29 minutes. Due to an awful tackle by Matty Cash, he suffered an ankle injury, and he will miss the next two and a half months out of action.
As Ange stated yesterday, Tottenham would likely be forced to get a new midfield player due to this plus the anticipated absence of Sarr and Bissouma in January. For the reasons outlined above, he wouldn’t completely rule out signing a midfield player.
Numerous midfielders, including Kalvin Phillips, a Manchester City outcast, have been linked to them.
Although Phillips paid £42 million for a six-year contract to join Manchester City from Leeds United last summer, the move has not been successful for him.
With the addition of Kovacic and Matheus Nunes, he has further dropped down the hierarchy after failing to establish himself as a first-team regular in the previous campaign. They would rather have Rodrigo and even little Rico Lewis than him.
According to the article, Tottenham, Newcastle, and Liverpool are among the Premier League teams rumored to be interested in signing him, meaning Spurs will face “massive competition” to sign him.
It further claims that the club informed the player in January that “he is free to leave.”
In order to get more consistent playing time before the Euros, the player is eager to depart. Romano has already disclosed that Phillips is expected to depart based on his sources close to the player and the organization.
Though he hasn’t seen much action at City, he is still a gifted midfielder who excelled under Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds.
And since Ange Postecoglou wants to bring in a player who can start right away, he might be a good addition in January.
