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It’s well past time Liverpool did the right thing and let Nat Phillips move on with his career and their continuing failure to do so is a bad look for the club.
Nat Phillips’ Liverpool purgatory looks set to continue for at least a little while longer today following reports that the Reds had rejected a £4M bid for the player from Turkish Super Lig side Trabzonspor two weeks after Cardiff City backed away from a potential deal.
That’s the latest according to The Athletic, who say Liverpool continue to believe their £8M asking price isn’t out of line for the player and that with multiple clubs interested including Championship sides like Cardiff and Burnley they aren’t pricing him out of a move.
Given Phillips has been stuck in the reserves or on loan since his 2020-21 breakthrough and the now 27-year-old has made just eight Liverpool appearances since, we can only hope the insistence on returning a significant fee doesn’t yet again block a permanent move.
Phillips has served the club well and played a significant role in earning a top four finish in that injury-hit 2020-21 season. Helping earn the club that significant financial windfall only to see his career held back by demands for an inflated fee is a bad look for the Reds.
Qualifying for the group stages of the Champions League is worth around £13M vs. £3M for the Europa League. Prize payouts for the knockout rounds see a similar disparity in payout scale. Phillips isn’t going to play for Liverpool. It’s time to let the player move on.
