Kalvin Phillips to reject Man Utd move, Newcastle and Aston Villa keen on £60m midfielder - Paper Round

Phillips to reject United The Daily Mail reports that Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips will reject any offer to join Manchester United, despite speculation that Erik ten Hag wants the 26-year-old midfielder to be part of his rebuild at the club for next season. Aston Villa and Newcastle United are also keen, and a £60 million bid could be enough if he does not sign a new contract, with his current deal having two years left.

Ad/> /> Transfers'Make your Real Madrid dream come true' — French legend Papin tells Mbappe to leave PSG26/04/2022 AT 13:48 Paper Round’s view: Phillips is a consistently impressive player in the Premier League and at 26 he does not have long left before he needs to force a move to a bigger side or his career could start to lose momentum. If Aston Villa and Newcastle are offering him a minimal step up then he could use the increased prominence to move on to a truly massive club in a couple of years.

Read the full story Lampard will not leave Everton Current Everton manager Frank Lampard has said that he is ‘very committed’ to the Premier League strugglers despite the possibility that they could start next season in the Championship. The Telegraph reports that the former Chelsea manager is keen to stay with the club that he only joined in January after he was appointed to replace manager Rafael Benitez.

/> Paper Round’s view: The blame with the club’s struggles lies with the owners, who have managed to mismanage hundreds of millions of pounds of investment as well as misguided attempts to find the right manager. Appointing Benitez was desperately uninspired and they paid the price for that, but they have been pushing their luck since the struggles of Ronald Koeman.