{"id":178,"date":"2026-05-28T12:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=178"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:49:29","slug":"fresh-start-for-forgotten-man-city-star-with-pep-guardiola-gone-future-update-on-kalvin-phillips-after-humbling-fall-from-grace-for-45m-england-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"Fresh start for forgotten Man City star with Pep Guardiola gone? Future update on Kalvin Phillips after humbling fall from grace for \u00a345m England international"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"D\">\n<div>\n<p><span>While a permanent move has been mooted in some circles, the report suggests United will likely push for another loan deal. The financial logistics remains the biggest hurdle, as Phillips\u2019 wages are significantly higher than anything the Blades could afford on their own. However, City have previously shown a willingness to subsidise his salary to ensure the midfielder gets regular first-team football, a trend that may continue this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wilder is clearly enamoured with the midfielder&#8217;s profile and what he brings to a dressing room. Speaking on the potential of a return, the Blades boss was open about his intentions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe\u2019ll have a lot of people still after him,\u201d Wilder admitted. \u201cWe\u2019ve brought a really good pro in. He was unlucky with his injury and he\u2019s not played as much as he wanted to play. I spoke to him and said that we\u2019d love to be an option for you, your agent and your parent club if that is a possibility.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While a permanent move has been mooted in some circles, the report suggests United will likely push for another loan&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}