Premier League heavyweights Liverpool are reportedly willing to listen to offers to sell 27-year-old English defender Nat Phillips in the summer transfer window.
According to a report by Football Insider, Nat Phillips does not have a long-term future at Liverpool FC midway through the summer transfer window. The Reds are ready to cash in on the 27-year-old centre-back before the transfer deadline passes in a few weeks.
Nat Phillips and his Liverpool woes
Nat Phillips has struggled to establish a foothold in the first-team squad since joining Liverpool from Bolton Wanderers in August 2016. A native of Bolton, the Englishman spent his formative years with Bolton Wanderers before moving to the Merseyside club nearly eight years ago.
The 27-year-old has spent a long time away from Liverpool, embarking on loan spells with VfB Stuttgart, Bournemouth, Celtic, and Cardiff City. However, he enjoyed a brief spell as a regular for Liverpool in the second half of the 2020/21 season, with an injury crisis helping him secure starts at the heart of the defence week after week.
What next?
The English defender has turned out 29 times thus far for Liverpool but has barely scratched the surface otherwise in his professional career. However, after barely making his mark for Liverpool apart from the second half of the 2020/21 season, Phillips needs to depart from Anfield in the summer transfer window.
Meanwhile, Nat Phillips has entered the final 12 months of his contract with Liverpool. So, the summer transfer window presents one of the last two opportunities for the Merseyside outfit to cash in on the 27-year-old Englishman, although it is unclear if many clubs are vying for his signature.
The latest update has revealed that the Reds are ready to listen to offers to part ways with the English central defender in the summer transfer window. Reports earlier this year linked the out-of-favour Liverpool centre-back with Leeds United. However, it is unclear if the Whites are ready to return to the market to secure Nat Phillips’s services.
It will be interesting to see if Liverpool’s decision to entertain offers for Phillips leads to prospective suitors submitting their offers to the Merseyside club. However, the 27-year-old Englishman’s eight-year stay at Anfield will likely end in the coming weeks.
