It’s been claimed this week that Leeds United’s Kalvin Phillips is now a target for 2018/19 Championship title winners Norwich City.
The initial report seems to come from the Daily Mail so I don’t think fans should be too concerned at this stage, but Phillips has been a standout performer for manager Marcelo Bielsa this year and with such improvement from the 23-year-old across the year, he’s undoubtedly being looked at by a number of clubs.
The Mail claim that newly promoted Norwich are planning a £12million bid for the player and that’s just frankly laughable to me, as is their claim that Norwich won’t have a strong transfer budget, despite the riches the top flight brings for clubs.
The report is pretty naff and contains absolutely no concrete information and they don’t even take the lazy option of leaning on an unnamed source to try and justify the claim, but that hasn’t stopped some fans from understandably worrying about his future. Others seemed to be as cynical as I am.
Kalvin Phillips has to be worth as much as Jack Grealish (at least) #lufc https://t.co/8FieAf0RdG
— Luke George (@MrLukeyGeorge) May 20, 2019
If Bournemouth bought Lloyd Kelly for £13m then Phillips is worth at least 20. End #lufc https://t.co/g73wWohEag
— Dan McCarthy (@DMcCarthyRadio) May 20, 2019
£12m wouldn't even buy his underpants.
— Tony Leeds (@TonyLeeds5) May 20, 2019
£12m??!!! Think they'd need to raid Delia's piggy bank and stump up a lot more to even make it tempting #lufc
— Mark Philmore (@IdlePastimes) May 20, 2019
???? 12 million! Which toe do they want!
— Lee Thompson (@lufcThommo) May 20, 2019
Not happening no way radz won't do business with these at all
— Jordan Townend (@Jordan91966387) May 20, 2019
Even if he was to leave, why would he go to a smaller club? ????????♂️
— Robert.C.A???????? (@RobertCA10) May 21, 2019
How a team falls apart?
Sell @Kalvinphillips #PleaseStay #TeamPhillips #LUFC #LeedsUnited— Mussab ???????? (@mussab86) May 20, 2019
In what planet is @Kalvinphillips worth £12m?! #LUFC ????
— Dave Langford (@chopofpork) May 20, 2019
Its gonna be a long summer ????
— Tony LUFC (@Tonylufc28) May 20, 2019