Liverpool boss Klopp admits Phillips could leave | OneFootball

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits Nat Phillips could leave in January.

Phillips is a target for West Ham.

"I don't think about the AC Milan game, but I have to mention Nat Phillips," said the Reds boss.

"People often ask me which player made the biggest improvements under my leadership, and I say Robert Lewandowski.

"That's probably right, but not far off that is Nat Phillips, just in a completely different department.

"I remember when I saw Nat Phillips first. I spoke to him after the game and he's one of the smartest players I ever worked with

"I told him: 'You know you are not the easiest on the eye, eh?'

"But he improved in pretty much everything since, and he's not playing. Life is sometimes not fair and I can't blame him.

"We cannot keep him forever, that's clear. We needed him, just to be safe, for that half-year.

"We will see what happens in the window. He was fine doing it because he's a great guy.

"But his development is absolutely insane. You saw it last year, you would have said: 'Nat Phillips, oh my God, he plays in the last line?'

"People love him because of his heading but with his feet he is unbelievable.

"He's a late starter, but his development is unbelievable. I would sign him for any club except Liverpool because we have him."