Journalist expects Liverpool to sell 26-year-old player for good this summer

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Liverpool are expected to sell Nat Phillips this summer after making just five appearances in all competitions for the Reds this season.

According to journalist Dean Jones, the 26-year-old will be one of many players Liverpool look to sell this summer in what is expected to be the largest squad overhaul in Jurgen Klopp’s tenure at the club, with Phillips linked with an exit from Anfield for some time.

The transfer insider said: “I don’t see a future for Nat Phillips at Liverpool beyond this season. There’s almost an expectation that he’ll be on the market. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. I think he’s a good player who could offer a lot to the right team.”

Phillips enjoys cult hero status at Liverpool after playing a key role for the Reds in the 2020/21 season as the centre-back guided the Merseyside giants to a top-four finish despite injuries to key players such as Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez.

Yet at 26, the time is now for the defender to leave Anfield and forge a career for himself away from Liverpool’s backup squad, with the likes of Caoimhin Kelleher, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita all expected to make similar moves this summer.

Liverpool selling Phillips should have happened last year

Phillips arguably left it one year too late to leave Liverpool after impressing for AFC Bournemouth last season in their promotion-clinching campaign, yet with the defender choosing to stay, the centre-back might be aware now that he made a mistake in remaining on Merseyside.

Fast forward to this summer, and Liverpool’s decision to sell Phillips could not have come at a more ideal time for the 26-year-old, who needs to find a club where he will be an established starter having proved his worth under Klopp over the last three seasons.