PL club targeting 24-year-old Liverpool defender in January– can Klopp afford to let him leave?

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Transfer News: West Ham are keen on a deal for Liverpool ace Nathaniel Phillips According to transfer news on Football Insider (h/t Yorkshire Evening Post), West Ham are interested in signing Liverpool defender Nathaniel Phillips in January. The centre-back has suffered for game-time at Anfield this season, after the return of Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip.

Liverpool could do without their fifth-choice centre-back During the 2019/20 season, Phillips helped Stuttgart seal promotion back to the Bundesliga. Thus, they can afford to let a player who barely makes their matchday squad on most weeks leave in the coming transfer window.

Liverpool could garner a reasonable transfer fee for Nathaniel Phillips Phillips’ value to the Hammers is far greater than it is to Liverpool. Nathaniel Phillips has suffered for game-time at Liverpool this season.