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title: "Leeds: Aston Villa lead the race to sign Kalvin Phillips"
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author: "Henry Jackson"
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published: "2022-03-21T17:06:38Z"
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# Leeds: Aston Villa lead the race to sign Kalvin Phillips

**Aston Villa are the current front-runners to sign Leeds United star Kalvin Phillips at the end of the season, according to a fresh transfer report.**

### The Lowdown: Phillips’ future up in the air

The 26-year-old is arguably one of the [most important players](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/19/Archive/England-Leeds) at Elland Road, with his lengthy absence through [injury](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kalvin-phillips/verletzungen/spieler/351749) this season hurting the Whites badly.

With relegation still far from out of the question, there is constant [speculation](https://theathletic.com/3169630/2022/03/08/how-villa-are-positioning-themselves-for-a-european-push-next-season/) surrounding Phillips’ Leeds future, with the England international surely leaving if his boyhood club are in the Championship next term.

A fresh update has now emerged regarding the next step in the midfielder’s career.

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### The Latest: Villa lead the race for Phillips

According to [The Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kalvin-phillips-aston-villa-lead-race-for-60m-leeds-united-midfielder-h3f0fqsws?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1647750048), it is Villa who are the favourites to snap up Phillips this summer, with Steven Gerrard’s team willing to pay £60m for his services and offer him a package worth £10m per season.

The midfielder has been identified as a ‘key target’ for the fellow Premier League outfit, and should a £60m move go through, it would be both a [record sale for Leeds](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leeds-united/rekordabgaenge/verein/399) and the [most that Villa have ever paid](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/transferrekorde/verein/405) for one player.

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### The Verdict: He’s better than that

With all due respect to Villa, if Phillips does move in the summer, he should be departing for a club who are playing Champions League football.

He has matured into a wonderful midfielder, winning [England’s Player of the Year](https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2021/Sep/01/20210109-kalvin-phillips-named-england-mens-player-of-the-year-2021) award in 2021, and a switch to Villa Park wouldn’t feel like a major step-up from Leeds. It was only last season that his current club

The hope is that Phillips remains with the Whites, of course – he has been [hailed](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9744411/FABIO-CAPELLO-EXCLUSIVE-Declan-Rice-Kalvin-Phillips-key-England.html) as ‘phenomenal’ by former England manager Fabio Capello – but there is surely only a chance of him staying if relegation is avoided.

***In other news, Beren Cross has dropped a triple Leeds injury update. Read more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-injury-latest-raphinha-llorente-meslier/).***