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title: "Leeds: Kalvin Phillips’ future questioned"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
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published: "2020-12-14T13:15:20Z"
modified: "2020-12-14T13:15:20Z"
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# Leeds: Kalvin Phillips’ future questioned

**Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson has said that Leeds United’s style of play could force Kalvin Phillips to move away from Elland Road.**

### **Phillips could move**

Merson was speaking after Leeds’ 2-1 defeat to West Ham United on Friday night in the Premier League, a loss that sees them drop to 14th in the table.

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Speaking on Sky Sports News, Merson has questioned the future of Phillips at the club. He [said](https://www.teamtalk.com/news/pundit-fearful-over-leeds-future-kalvin-phillips-could-leave):

> *“Every neutral loves watching Leeds play because you know it’s going be an open game, it’s going to be free-flowing, there’s going to be goals – but that’s no good to Leeds.*
>
> *“I look at Phillips, and I was talking upstairs earlier with the lads: you look at Phillips and wonder how long is he going to stay at Leeds for?”*

### **Too soon**

There are certainly questions to be asked of Leeds from a defensive point of view. Only West Bromwich Albion have conceded more goals than the Whites’ [22](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table) after 12 games. However, they have managed to net 17 times in the competition, which puts them in the top 10.

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Midfielder Mateusz Klich has [said](https://talksport.com/football/795015/leeds-focus-premier-league-survival-klich-everton/) that Leeds’ goal this season is purely to stay in the top flight – something which is unlikely to have changed since the start of the season. Marcelo Bielsa is a top coach – he will have noticed the issues his side are encountering, and given time he will find the right solution.

As one of the club’s most important players, and a local lad after all, there is no reason why [£19.8m-valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kalvin-phillips/marktwertverlauf/spieler/351749) Phillips (Transfermarkt) would jump ship at this point.

***In other news, [this man struggled against West Ham.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-united-raphinha-has-evening-to-forget-during-west-ham-defeat/)***