Kalvin Phillips

GIVEN the caustic comments of Pep Guardiola, Kalvin Phillips could be forgiven for feeling out in the cold somewhat this Christmas time.

And I think we’ve replaced that with really good people." He just had a way of when he walked around this building, he made everybody feel at home. It is unlikely to stop him receiving a warm welcome should he be spotted among City's entourage.

Leeds manager Jesse Marsch belives his former player Kalvin Phillips misses the team after his new boss Pep Guardiola admitted he wasn't pleased with how ...

Leeds take on City at Elland Road on Wednesday night, where all eyes will be on the team sheet to see whether Phillips even warms the bench at his former ‘home’. However, he has received rave reviews from his former boss Marsch to soften the blow, who admitted he feels the midfielder 'misses' playing for Leeds. He didn't arrive in the condition to do training sessions and to play. Yet Phillips is yet to prove his worth at the Etihad Stadium due to injuries that have kept him sidelined. Phillips left Leeds over the summer after eight successful years at the club, where he helped the Whites to promotion back to the Premier League and then ensured they remained in the top flight. Phillips managed just 40 minutes for England in the tournament prior to their quarter-final exit at the hands of France.

England midfielder Kalvin Phillips returned from the World Cup overweight and not in the right condition to play, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has ...

“That's why he cannot play. He didn't arrive in the condition to do training sessions and play. “I don't know [why].

Football Insider has been told by Alan Hutton that he was suprised Man City boss Pep Guardiola chose to oust Kalvin Phillips to the press.

He needs to take it on and deal with it and become better within himself. “Whether that be extra training or diet and just dealt with it that way. “I was quite shocked that he came out into the press and let everybody know the reason.

The holidays can be rough man...even on athletes.

Maybe Phillips will be more focused and disciplined next time around — otherwise he might hear it from the boss once more. “When he will be ready, he will play, because we need him, we need him a lot. He didn’t arrive in the condition to do training sessions and to play,” Guardiola said (as captured by the But I was always very respectful to the coaches.” “And what was I going to say? In fact, so big that he put midfielder Kalvin Phillips on blast for returning to Manchester City a bit out of shape and overweight.

Kalvin Phillips departed Leeds United for Manchester City in the summer and he is missing life with the Whites in the Premier League.

Coming back, he will revisit those emotions and it will bring the best out of him. “When time moves on, it kind of heals in different ways,” he said. [Kalvin ](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/all-about/kalvin-phillips)was such a good player, but for me, he was a really likeable, heartwarming person to have around the team,” he said. I’m sure even when he made the decision to leave that was a big part of the difficulty. “He was still here and he missed being here. His family are likely to be out in force for the game on their own turf. That is the kind of person he is.” Marsch expects you could double the standard 30 family members Phillips would normally have at games as a Leeds player for Wednesday night. If you were to ask me what was the hardest part of replacing Kalvin, it was a little bit of that. After leaving the club he loves in the summer, the England international’s return was always going to be an emotional event. [Pep Guardiola’s](https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) comments about Phillips’s weight after his return from the World Cup may have cast some doubt on the midfielder’s selection, but he will hope he has done enough to warrant inclusion tomorrow night. That we still stayed strong with that.

Jesse Marsch believes an emotional first return to Elland Road for Kalvin Phillips could bring out the best in the former Leeds midfielder.

Of course he misses being here, he misses the guys. “It was like he was still here and he missed being here. He came for one of our matches, Fulham, and you could see he felt the pain of losing that match.