The 28-year-old endured a difficult time at the Etihad Stadium
Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips, on loan at Ipswich Town, has confirmed that he has thoroughly enjoyed his time with the English club, despite coach Pep Guardiola’s famous comments about his weight gain.
Phillips arrived at the Etihad Stadium from Leeds United in 2022 for 42 million pounds, as a potential replacement for Spaniard Rodri, but the injuries he suffered in his first season put him in an embarrassing situation, and it caused a great increase in the pressure on his weight. return, which made Guardiola come out to publicly criticize him, who later removed him.
Speaking to Patrick Bamford’s ‘My Mate’s a Footballer’ programme, the England international said: ‘You may have heard about the time when Pep came out and said I was fat after the World Cup and so on then the conversation started to grow on social media in a strange way.”
He said: “The incident made me talk about these issues in every club I went to. I would engage in conversations with the coach and nutritionist about things like this, because they always talked about my weight before anything else. I was confused. at the time and I felt really sad. “…
He continued: “However, I obviously enjoyed playing for Manchester City. They are the best team in the world and they have good players, but it was a bit stressful when you know you won’t play at the weekend, and you still have to go and train as well as possible. “”.
It should be noted that Phillips, 28 years old, spent last season on loan to West Ham, but did not prove himself, so he returned to Manchester City and went on another loan with Ipswich Town until the end of this season.
2024-10-04 14:00:50
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