Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips has been told that his move to the Etihad Stadium could hamper his chances of playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
That's the opinion of former City and Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamman, who believes that swapping Leeds United for City could 'harm his chances' of featuring for Gareth Southgate's England side.
City parted with £42m to bring Phillips to the Etihad Stadium, but he recently started on the bench in both the Community Shield defeat to Liverpool and the opening day Premier League win at West Ham.
Phillips showed in pre-season that he can play in multiple positions and will surely rack up the minutes once the games start coming thick and fast and squad rotation becomes a necessity, but Hamman doesn't see where he fits in. READ MORE: Joao Cancelo's new role worked vs West Ham but also exposed Man City's biggest problem "England has got a lot of options in midfield, but then again Phillips and Declan Rice played ever so well in the Euros last year, and it could harm his chances of going to and playing at the World Cup," Hamman told safebettingsites.com. "We've probably got about 25 games until the World Cup now with the Champions League starting again soon, and I would like to think Phillips is going to play at least half or start half of the games, but whether he does, I'm not too sure. "He's a defensive-minded player, and I think in Rodri, they've got the best defensive midfielder in the league alongside Fabinho, so I’m not too sure where he's going to play. "When you play with Rodri and a back four with brilliant players, Guardiola likes to have two forward-thinking players next to him in Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva or Ilkay Gundogan. "I'm not sure where