This star has rejected the idea of leaving Liverpool

The severity of a hamstring injury he sustained against Brentford

05/01/2023, 11:44 AM +00:00

Every six months, the 25-year-old is said to be leaving Anfield, but more often than not, an unexpected injury to one of Klopp's matchday regulars rules out any departure. On Wednesday, Virgil van Dijk saw a doctor to assess the severity of a hamstring injury he sustained against Brentford, the injury is "worse than first feared,"

According to club sources, and although there is no timetable at this point, there are concerns he may be sidelined for a significant amount of time. If that is the case, Phillips will almost certainly be kept on because he has already made the squad for 22 of the 26 games Liverpool has played this season, he will fill in for Ibrahima Konate, Joel Matip, and Joe Gomez,

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Who have all had fitness concerns in the past and Konate and Matip have both missed significant portions of the current season. Phillips is likely to address the issue with professionalism, having set behind his disappointment over passing over offers from Benfica, Southampton, and Bournemouth going into the 2022–2023 season.

But is there another way to allow the young ex-Bolton player to look for a job that will provide him the regular starting position he deserves? In a nutshell, yeah it happened around this time last year, At the conclusion of the January transfer window in 2022, Phillips was permitted to sign a loan deal with Bournemouth, which coincided with Rhys Williams' return following a disappointing stint with Swansea

Before returning to Liverpool in a squad position

In the Championship, Williams only made seven appearances for Swansea in the first part of the previous season before returning to Liverpool in a squad position, where he only had to sit on the bench twice thanks to luck with his fitness, the same thing might happen this winter when Billy Koumetio is brought back from a trying stay at Austria Wein, Koumetio was "99 percent" set to leave Vienna, according to sporting director Manuel Ortlechner, who added that Liverpool "would like to bring him back."