It is always tough to see a home-grown player fly the nest, but sometimes it is hard to argue.
Even with Leeds United still in the Premier League at that stage, it was impossible to begrudge Kalvin Phillips a move to Manchester City in the summer of 2022. One of the stars of England's run to the 2021 European Championship final was being given the chance to work with the best coach of his generation at the best club side in the world, playing regularly in the best competitions. Not only that, but Pep Guardiola had been a top midfielder cut from the same elegant cloth.
In-keeping with his cautious counterpart, Mikel Arteta, Guardiola selected a defensive three-man midfield. With no Phillips.Teenage English right-back Rico Lewis and the usually much more attacking Berardo Silva were alongside Mateo Kovacic. Lewis and Kovacic did not go the distance, replaced by centre-back Stones and the more forward-thinking Matheus Nunes. Phillips watched from the bench.
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