Manchester City announced Englishman Kalvin Phillips as their new signing

The movements continue in the transfer market in Europe. After the arrival of Gabriel Jesus at Arsenal was made official, Manchester City made the signing of Kalvin Phillips official, who arrived at the ‘Citizens’ from Leeds United in exchange for 50 million pounds (58 million euros, 60.5 million dollars), according to British media.

“Manchester City are happy to announce the arrival of Kalvin Phillips on a six-year deal.”the ‘Citizens’ wrote in their statement.

Defensive midfielder (he was the player who recovered the most balls in the Premier League last season), Phillips (26 years old) will have the difficult task of replacing the Brazilian Fernandinho, who left the club, with the letter of freedom, after having won nine important trophies in nine seasons at the club.

In eight seasons at Leeds, where he was born, Phillips played 235 games with the ‘Peacocks,’ which opened the doors to the English team, with which he played in Euro-2021 and the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.

“I am very happy to join Manchester City. Being able to play under Pep (Guardiola) and learn from him and his team, as well as being part of this fantastic squad, is an incredibly exciting prospect.te”, commented the player, quoted in the statement.

Calvin Phillips “He is a player we have admired for a long time (…) His reading of the game, combined with his quality of passing, his energy and determination, make him a formidable talent. He is a player with an incredible will to win.”City director of football Txiki Begiristain explained of a midfielder nicknamed the ‘Yorkshire Pirlo’.

Phillips is the third signing for the current English champions, following the arrival of Norwegian prodigy Erling Haaland in attack and German substitute goalkeeper Stefan Ortega.

With information from AFP.