Manchester city FLOP Kalvin Phillips has left West Ham this morning to join shocking Premier League Rivals after his Loan Spell was over this summer

Everton is considering taking a calculated gamble by acquiring Kalvin Phillips on loan from Manchester City, but is this the right move for a declining talent?
Frank Lampard’s appointment coincided with the penultimate day of the 2022 winter window, when the Blues had their fingers burnt over another England international midfielder, Dele Alli. Dele had to join on a permanent basis because the former Chelsea manager had already brought in Donny van de Beek on loan from Manchester United and the team had already used up their other domestic loan slot three days before Rafael Benitez was fired by signing Anwar El Ghazi from Aston Villa (the winger would play just 11 minutes of action in the form of two brief cameos off the bench against Leeds United and Manchester City).
Football fans are well aware that Daniel Levy, the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, is a notoriously tough negotiator. According to the ECHO, later that year, he agreed on a price for Richarlison with Bill Kenwright, the Everton counterpart, in Scott’s, a classy seafood restaurant in Mayfair, only to try and reduce his offer. Levy allowed the Blues to sign Dele on an initial free transfer but added a number of appearance-related fees and other clauses that could have raised the final cost to approximately £40 million. As it happened, the guy that the esteemed CIES Football Observatory had named the world’s most valuable midfield player four years prior was unable to regain such form.
After an interview with Gary Neville was released in July of last year, in which he candidly discussed a variety of off-field problems he had experienced as a youngster and an adult, Dele did not play at all this season. This was followed by further disappointment with injuries. Everton stated ahead of their season-ending match that he will stay with them as he undergoes an intense rehabilitation programme from a long-term groin injury that he has been enduring away from Merseyside, even though his contract ends at the end of this month.
At 28, Phillips is the same age as Dele, but if the Blues could sign him to a short-term contract, they could give it a go before making a purchase. Kevin Thelwell, the director of football, has stated that shrewd transactions both inside and outside the team are essential to a sustainable football model. The Etihad Stadium outcast’s loan transfer may be an economical way to make an acquisition.
After manager Pep Guardiola made the embarrassing assertion that Phillips was overweight, the Catalan player subsequently issued an apology. Phillips has only ever played two Premier League games for Manchester City. His present status is low following a lackluster loan spell with West Ham United in the latter half of this season.
David Moyes signed Phillips on January 26, but he had a terrible start on February 1 against Bournemouth at home because of a mistake he made in the third minute that allowed Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke to score in a 1-1 draw. After that, he made a total of just eight appearances for the Hammers, although he never finished a game. In addition, other than his debut, he only ever played more than 45 minutes once, during a 2-0 loss at Nottingham Forest.
But even if the player known as “The Yorkshire Pirlo” from his east London days may not seem like much, there are a few bright spots when looking over Comparisonator’s statistics associated with him. Only two other Premier League players in his position, Bernardo Silva (3.4) and Rodri (2.63) of Manchester City, could surpass Phillips’ 2.58 progressive runs per ninety minutes while he was at West Ham United.