Everton, Leeds and West Ham make Manchester City midfielder enquiries | OneFootball

Three Premier League clubs have enquired about the possibility of signing Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips on loan.

The 27 year-old has endured a difficult start to life at the Etihad Stadium after completing a £42 million switch from Leeds United in the summer.

Phillips, who was part of Gareth Southgate’s England squad in Qatar, is yet to start a Premier League game for Manchester City, having featured on just eight occasions for the Blues.

The City midfielder underwent surgery on a recurring shoulder injury in September and has made just four appearances since the World Cup.

Phillips made his first start for the club at St Mary’s in the Carabao Cup earlier this month, as Pep Guardiola’s side embarrassingly crashed out of the competition after falling to a shock 2-0 loss.

Despite limited minutes and difficult start to life in East Manchester, the City manager believes that Phillips will play an ‘important’ role for the Premier League champions during the remainder of the season, and as a result has blocked a series of transfer approaches.

The Sun report that Manchester City have turned down offers from three Premier League sides for the 27 year-old midfielder.

Everton, West Ham and even Phillips’ former club Leeds have reportedly enquired about the possibility of signing the City player on loan for the remainder of the campaign.

The Hammers had previously tried to sign Phillips in the summer, while newly appointed Everton manager Sean Dyche considered the England international as ‘ideal’ to help the Toffees survival fight.

Manchester City have already sanctioned one surprise first-team loan move this month, allowing Joao Cancelo to sign for Bayern Munich after a series of incidents behind the scenes.

Barcelona also reportedly made an audacious late attempt to sign Bernardo Silva on loan for the remainder of the campaign.