Leeds United news as Merson details Phillips' Man City task and Adams says RB Leipzig goodbyes

Here are the latest Leeds United evening headlines on Tuesday, 5 July.

Paul Merson believes that consistency will be the key behind Kalvin Phillips being a success at Manchester City. Phillips completed his move from Leeds Unites on Monday, putting pen to paper on a six-year deal.

The 26-year-old will face stiff competition from the likes of Rodri and Ilkay Gundogan for a space in City’s midfield after establishing himself as one of Leeds’ most important players. Speaking on Sky Sports, Merson claimed that when Phillips does get the opportunity to play he must be at the top of his game to avoid spending several weeks sat on the bench.

He said: “I don’t know (if he’ll go straight in) he’ll play a lot of games. Man City play a lot of football matches, they play in every competition, they go deep in every competition.

“So it’ll depend how they setup, Rodri will definitely play he’s a big player for Man City then it’ll go from there. We seen before at Man City, you’ve got to get in the team and stay in the team, there’s so many top quality players that one or two bad games you’ll be out the team and that’s the way it flips between playing for a top team like Man City and, no disrespect but, to Leeds.

“If Phillips has three or four bad games (for Leeds) he’s definitely playing the following Saturday. That’s what he’ll have to get used to at Man City, he’ll have to be consistent week in week out or you’ll be straight out that football team.”

RB Leigzig boss Domenico Tedesco is reported as saying that Tyler Adams has said his goodbyes to his teammates, amid claims that the midfielder will fly to the UK for his medical on Tuesday.

"He said goodbye to the team on Monday. The topic is finished,” Tedesco said, as per RB Live.