{"id":294363,"date":"2023-11-06T13:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294363"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:25:25","slug":"pep-guardiola-would-love-to-give-kalvin-phillips-more-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/pep-guardiola-would-love-to-give-kalvin-phillips-more-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola &apos;would love&apos; to give Kalvin Phillips more opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pep Guardiola praises &#8216;exceptional&#8217; Kalvin Phillips and reveals he &#8216;would love&#8217; to give England international more opportunities&#8230; but admits \u00a345m signing is unlikely to replace Rodri in Manchester City&#8217;s XI<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kalvin Phillips has started just one game so far this season for Manchester City<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The England international joined Man City from Leeds for \u00a345m last year\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pep Guardiola has admitted he would &#8216;love&#8217; to give Kalvin Phillips as many opportunities as possible, but acknowledged he faced a difficult task in displacing Rodri from Manchester City&#8217;s starting XI.<\/p>\n<p>The England international arrived at the Etihad last year\u00a0from Leeds in a \u00a345million deal, but has struggled to make an impact with the Premier League champions and is expected to leave in January.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old had to wait until May to make his first Premier League start for the club and has played just 89 minutes across four league appearances so far this term.<\/p>\n<p>Even when Rodri missed three matches through suspension in October, Phillips&#8217; only start came in the Carabao Cup defeat against Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola, however, was full of praise for the midfielder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/13\/77453981-12715451-Pep_Guardiola_has_admitted_he_would_love_to_give_Kalvin_Phillips-a-27_1699275862177.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/13\/77457619-12715451-image-m-26_1699275856801.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola has admitted he &#8216;would love&#8217; to give Kalvin Phillips as many opportunities as possible but can&#8217;t include him in the team because of Rodri<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Kalvin is exceptional in many things. Why he doesn&#8217;t play? Rodri is key for us,&#8217; the Spaniard said, as per Fabrizio Romano.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola added Phillips was very supportive of his teammates and never complained about being left out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Never, ever makes one action against mates that play or trains bad,&#8217; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;d love to give him as much minutes as possible.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Phillips admitted he was &#8216;going to have to make a decision on [my future] over the next months.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While he has found himself on the fringes at club level, Southgate&#8217;s faith in the 27-year-old has not appeared to waver in the 16 months since his ill-fated move.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips has featured in four of England&#8217;s last five games in all competitions and started the 3-1 win over Italy as the Three Lions clinched a spot at Euro 2024 with two matches to spare.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Guardiola has previously made clear he would not keep players at City against their wish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I said a few months ago, but after that they have to agree with the club,&#8217; he explained last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/11\/77454103-0-image-a-45_1699269885797.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Phillips is likely to leave the Etihad in January after having very limited first team opportunities following his \u00a345m to City from Leeds in the summer of 2022<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My opinion is my opinion. The last word belongs to the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If he decides to do it [leave], then do it. If the agreement is not done, then he stays. He\u2019s behaving incredibly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One of the most generous players I\u2019ve ever seen \u2013 honestly, as I don\u2019t want to compliment when players don\u2019t play matches. Others are maybe problems in locker room \u2013 it\u2019s completely the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Every time he goes to national team with Gareth [Southgate] I\u2019m the happiest man in the world. When he plays it\u2019s a benefit for me. I don\u2019t know what will happen with Kalvin because when the transfer window is open, nobody knows.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12715451\/Pep-Guardiola-Kalvin-Phillips-opportunities-Man-City-Rodri.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Pep Guardiola praises &#8216;exceptional&#8217; Kalvin Phillips and reveals he &#8216;would love&#8217; to give England international more opportunities&#8230; but admits \u00a345m signing is unlikely to replace <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/pep-guardiola-would-love-to-give-kalvin-phillips-more-opportunities\/\" title=\"Pep Guardiola &amp;apos;would love&amp;apos; 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