Liverpool name Nat Phillips transfer fee as Bournemouth head host of suitors for exit-bound star

Liverpool have told Bournemouth and Nat Phillips’ other suitors that they will have to pay £15million to sign the defender, according to a report.

The 25-year-old has enjoyed a rollercoaster journey at Anfield, but it looks like it will soon come to an end. He has spent the last six months on loan at Bournemouth following an incredible and unexpected Liverpool rise.

However, he does not have a long-term future with the Reds, who are willing to listen to offers for him.

According to the Liverpool Echo, though, they will not let him go without getting £15million.

Phillips has been a fringe player at Liverpool either side of a spell in which he was front and centre of the team.

Following a serious knee injury to Virgil van Dijk, he made his Premier League debut in October 2020.

And after Joe Gomez and Joel Matip suffered their own long-term problems, Phillips’ stock increased.

He led Liverpool to a third-placed Premier League finish, an achievement which Reds boss Jurgen Klopp described as one of his greatest in management given the circumstances.

Klopp therefore recently paid tribute to Phillips after Liverpool reached the Champions League final this season.

However, Phillips lost his place as the senior trio returned to action. As such, he only played three times before January this year, when he moved to Bournemouth.

The defender played 17 of the Cherries’ final 18 Championship games of the season to finish off their successful promotion charge.

That has now opened up a range of opportunities for Phillips to restart his career elsewhere.

The Liverpool Echo does not name the other clubs keen on the player, but Watford and Leicester reportedly had approaches rejected on deadline day in January.

Newcastle have also had