Pep Guardiola banged his hand on the table to emphasise his point for him.
Newcastle and Kalvin Phillips face blunt Man City reality in January transfer window
16.01.2024 - 06:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The value of a footballer is subjective.
Pep Guardiola may think that Rodri is priceless yet you will still get people who think you should pay soldiers more, never mind actual footballers. However important Rodri may be to Manchester City, that still isn't enough to command the money of an Erling Haaland or Kevin De Bruyne.
The January transfer market is once again full of situations where the buying club has a different value of a player to a selling club, and Kalvin Phillips is one of the most interesting examples. England manager Gareth Southgate says he is the second-best No.6 available to him, yet Guardiola would rather play Rico Lewis (or Mateo Kovacic, or Matheus Nunes, or a long list of players) when Rodri is unavailable.
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Having made the bold decision in the summer to stay at City when he could have left following a difficult first season, Phillips made a similar statement in October when he declared that he wanted more regular playing time in order to make the England squad for the European Championship this summer. As soon as he said that, a January move - at least on loan - was almost certain.
However, halfway into the window and Phillips is not close to going anywhere. Interest from Juventus appears to have died away and Newcastle and Phillips are waiting for City to lower their demands for him to move. Eddie Howe lamented last week that they are short of friends in the transfer window.
It remains to be seen if the meeting at St James' Park on Saturday will have changed anything, but there was no friendship on the pitch as both sides
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