Liverpool are always very good at selling players, and they could be striking a £10million deal for defender Nat Phillips with West Ham United.
Michael Edwards is on his way out of Liverpool in 2022, and his ability to sell players will be remembered fondly.
The likes of Jordon Ibe, Dominic Solanke, Danny Ward, Danny Ings, Ki-Jana Hoever and Rhian Brewster were all sold for big money despite limited roles at Anfield.
Phillips could be the next one – and a show of how a little time can change everything.
Phillips could join West Ham in January
The London Evening Standard report that West Ham are pressing ahead with a move to sign Phillips in January.
David Moyes desperately needs a new centre back in January having seen Kurt Zouma and Angelo Ogbonna go down with injury.
Phillips fits the bill for West Ham, and it’s suggested that a £10million deal is now in the pipeline for January.
Phillips hasn’t started a league game for Liverpool this season and needs to leave for first-team action. West Ham could be his new home in a deal far beyond Liverpool’s 2–2 demands.
Liverpool almost sold Phillips for just £2.5m
Phillips was getting nowhere at Liverpool just over a year ago.
Some way off the Liverpool first team, Phillips was all set for a move to Swansea City.
A £2.5million deal was discussed, but Swansea pivoted away and signed Ryan Bennett instead.
Against all odds, Phillips got his Liverpool chance amid a defence crisis.
Having impressed last season, Phillips could now be sold for four times the price he was available for in October 2002.
Edwards may be a genius, but he got a little lucky on this one – and Liverpool will be counting that extra cash gleefully.
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