Kalvin Phillips’ first season at Manchester City didn’t go well. With only 25 appearances during the season, the 27-year-old Englishman was quickly downgraded in the hierarchy due to being overweight publicly announced by Pep Guardiola. A statement that does not pass for the Cityzens midfielder, who spoke about the exit of his manager.
“To be honest, it was a little hard to accept, just because of its media coverage and the number of people who started talking about it.Phillips confessed to BBC Radio 5 Live. I know the manager made his comments and stuff like that, but I respected them. For me, I was not overweight, but obviously the manager saw it in a different way. (…) My situation has changed. I don’t expect to be in the team or to start. But if I don’t start, I’m going to push to try to get a lot more involved. Obviously, I would like to play a lot more, get involved a lot more.»
