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Nketiah waits in the middle.
-Kalvin Phillips! -Yes!
Kalvin Phillips scores for Leeds United!
-The Leeds lad on the Centenary Day! -Come on!
Who else would you want to get the goal?
The desire and the drive is probably from not having a father figure there.
I've always been the oldest child,
and I've always wanted to make my mum proud.
It's Kalvin Phillips. Gets round the keeper!
He's got an amazing talent.
He's come from having nothing and he's never changed.
Kalvin Phillips!
Brilliant for Kalvin Phillips! Wonderful for Leeds United!
NEO STUDIOS PRESENTS
The way that Kalvin became this local hero...
I always felt, like, just a massive amount of pride.
I think a Leeds fan would be gutted to see him leave.
MANCHESTER CITY PHILLIPS
The experience that Kalvin's had at Manchester City,
that was the worst possible start.
Being injured is very frustrating.
Since I've got here, I've not really played much.
THE AM CLINIC
He's never experienced this before. This is like a first for him.
Now he's one star in a galaxy at Manchester City,
and he's got to respond to that.
It's Kalvin Phillips. So close! And only a minute gone.
I'm just going to work as hard as I possibly can
to improve every single day.
But, then, the path isn't always easy, you know.
13th JUNE 2021, UEFA EUROS ENGLAND VS CROATIA
It's an England team with five playing in their first major tournament game:
Tyrone Mings, Declan Rice, Mason Mount and Phil Foden and Kalvin Phillips.
When I first got selected for England, that was a massive surprise.
It was an unbelievable feeling for both me and my family.
And I just knew that, you know, I did deserve it,
and I was ready and raring to go.
England corner, and Mount to take it.
Big deep one to the far post. It might break back to Kalvin Phillips
who thrashes the ball back in again, and Croatia just scrape it away.
I was never shocked or anything...
LIAM DUGGAN KALVIN'S BEST FRIEND
... "I'm off to watch my mate play football."
England are starting on the front foot.
We got to the Euros,
and seeing people basically saying what a great player he is.
Phillips imposing himself again.
It was just unbelievable to see.
What a great challenge by Phillips on Kovačić.
Phillips really making his presence felt there.
When I started in the first game, a lot of questions...
Should Kalvin Phillips really be playing?
But I think I kind of nailed my position in the team after that game.
LUCY WARD, FORMER LEEDS UNITED ACADEMY WELFARE OFFICER
He started so confident and looked like he belonged at that tournament level.
Good pass through to Phillips. Goes past one player here.
It might open up. What a ball through to Sterling.
And 1-0 to England. Lift-off for England.
And so much of that was down to the outstanding Kalvin Phillips,
making things happen in midfield,
got himself into position and then picked the perfect pass-out for Raheem Sterling.
I ended up getting the only assist in that game.
My first assist for England actually, so...
Yeah, it was just an amazing, amazing feeling.
WELCOME TO ST. GEORGE'S PARK
ENGLAND TRAINING CAMP
As you can see, Kalvin Phillips is behind me.
DECLAN RICE ENGLAND MIDFIELDER
He is England's BT Player of the Year. He doesn't know it yet. Fully deserved.
Top boy, top player.
And we're going to go over there now and surprise him with this amazing award.
So, yeah, let's go over and give him a surprise.
-Kalv. -Yeah?
-Got a bit of a surprise for you, mate. -What? What are you doing?
The fact that he was so honored that he got this, the award,
but at the same time thinking it's a joke
because, "Nobody would ever give that to me."
I think that sort of encapsulates Kalvin, all over.
-You buzzing? -Yeah! Thank you.
10 MONTHS LATER, LEEDS UNITED FACED RELEGATION
MAY 2022 LEEDS
We're at the do-or-die part of the season. We've got one more game left,
and, you know, we need to win, basically, to stay in the league.
And... it's nail biting. It's nerve-racking.
OFFERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO BUY KALVIN
WHICH THE LEEDS UNITED BOARD HAVE TO CONSIDER
Come on, let's go.
The scenario, we hope for the best.
And I think I'm confident we can make it.
I would never sell Kalvin.
ANDREA RADRIZZANI CHAIRPERSON, LEEDS UNITED
But I think the money could come at 65 or 70.
And with 65, we should talk to the manager and Victor,
because you could buy another good striker,
you could buy two strong midfielders.
-So, I don't know. It's a difficult call. -I agree.
Leeds is my hometown club and my city, and...
You know, I've always wanted to be here.
But if we get relegated, then, you know,
it's a big decision that I've maybe got to make
whether, you know, I move on, or whether I just stay at Leeds.
I would like him to stay longer, but...
I think for us, it's better he stays at least... even for himself,
to play the World Cup, and then maybe eventually see next year.
That would be ideal.
The challenge is financial. We can't have £65-million players on our books.
ANGUS KINNEAR LEEDS UNITED MANAGING DIRECTOR
-There's too much risk in one player then. -Yeah.
-I agree. -It's reckless.
If you lose him to injury, and then...
Also, in my view, we need another striker.
With my heart, I want to keep him. The best thing is to sell.
I see Kalvin as a captain for the next five years.
But it's a very complicated decision.
To be honest, I don't think about it much.
I just think about, you know, the next game and...
the next one's the biggest game of the season,
probably the biggest game in my Leeds United career
to try and keep us in the Premier League.
They need to stay in the Premier League
to get hold of £180 million of broadcasting money
and all the buzz that goes with that.
So economically, emotionally...
HENRY WINTER CHIEF FOOTBALL WRITER THE TIMES
...that game was not simply about 90 minutes of football.
That was almost about the future health of Leeds United as a club and as a city.
22ND MAY 2022 LEEDS VS BRENTFORD
On the final day in the Premier League
and perhaps in front of us the destiny of the final relegation place.
KALVIN'S HOUSE IN LEEDS
Leeds United in the unwelcome position of being favorites.
Something of a party atmosphere here.
Leeds will hope to be able to join in come the end,
but it will be more in relief than joy if they are.
I don't speak to him the day of a game as I always feel like it's a jinx.
How are your nerves, then? They're sure to be tested.
WE ARE LEEDS
He'd been injured with his hamstring.
But Kalvin came back too soon after his hamstring operation.
LINDSAY CROSBY KALVIN'S MUM
But he just wanted to do what he could to try and keep them up.
It had been talked about that he could be going to Man City.
So there was loads of, like, emotion about that as well, and, you know...
Just trying to alleviate a bit of stress by turning this rice.
Focusing on food for now.
This Leeds United team must do their best.
Come on. Come on, lad.
-Come on. -Come on.
Go.
Jansson being kept honest by Gelhardt.
Oh! And a gift by Raya this time! Raphinha down!
Fucking get in!
Penalty is the decision.
-Get in. Go on. -Fucking get in.
Go easy, lad.
Cool as you like!
Now they believe! Jubilation in that corner.
Well, it's out of their hands,
but they have given themselves the best chance possible.
LEEDS - 1 BRENTFORD - 0
Nerves of steel.
I think I need some blood pressure tablets.
So much riding on this.
He's got Toney up, Canós looking to join them.
Canós... scores!
No way. No way.
LEEDS - 1 BRENTFORD - 1
Firpo now to Phillips.
Harrison piling... It is!
They don't need any help now!
LEEDS - 2 BRENTFORD - 1
I can remember watching the last goal and seeing the reactions when we scored,
and, with me, it was just relief that, you know, we'd finally...
you know, kept Leeds in the Premier League.
By the aid of a deflection, Jack Harrison has surely saved Leeds!
It was an amazing goal,
but I think the celebrations topped it off, to be honest.
In a mixture of delight and relief,
it looks very much as though he has kept them up. Wow!
ASHLEIGH BEHAN KALVIN'S GIRLFRIEND
They're all here now. Jay's gone to get your mum.
-Did they go mental when we scored? -You should have seen it.
Rose has got a video of it. We all went mental.
-How are you feeling? -Tired. Relieved.
Well, you've done well. I'm very proud of you.
-Your mum's here, anyway. Here. -Yeah.
-What's happening, love? -All right?
Are you buzzing?
-Yeah. Not bad, were it. -Oh, God. Can't believe it.
We were always gonna win that game, though.
-Thank God. -Never simple, though, is it?
I know. You always have to do it the hard way, don't you?
-Who's there? -Do you want to see everyone?
-Yeah. -We've got Jay over there. Sharon, Levi...
We've got these over here. We got Sarah, Bobby.
-He's waving. -Hello, there!
-Hello! -Are you buzzing?
Yeah, I'm... I'm just knackered, though.
-Well done. -Well done. We love you.
Cheers. Love you too.
All right, I'm off. I'm off back in there. I'm off to go celebrate with them.
-Right, OK. Bye. -Love you.
-Well done. Love you. -Love you.
-Tell everyone I love them. -Right. He says he loves everyone.
Bye!
JACK CHARLTON STAND
Kalvin was a Leeds fan. His family were Leeds fans.
So it's like for the fans, they're watching themselves on the pitch.
He'd grown into that role of being the favorite,
and the player that everybody, the fans looked at,
if we weren't playing well, that you were the one to get us going.
And I think that he relished that.
I think with the way that Kalvin became this, like, local, sort of a hero,
I always felt, like, just a massive amount of pride.
I just know that, for him, when I'd see him at home and stuff,
I just felt, like,
"I'm glad I'm not in your shoes as I wouldn't be able to cope with it."
-Kalvin! -Kalvin!
Guys, I need you to step back a bit, please.
Can we get a photo, please?
All right, lads? You all right, pal?
Thank you so much.
I was a very shy kid,
but, you know, whenever I'd go and ask people for autographs,
even if they said no, I'd just be star-struck.
Whenever young kids ask me for pictures,
I make sure I go out of my way to get a picture or get a video
or anything, so...
That's one of the main reasons why I do it,
because I knew... how I felt as a kid.
Nice one. See you later, pal.
-See you. -Thank you so much.
That was amazing!
IN NOVEMBER 2020 KALVIN PHILLIPS WAS CELEBRATED IN A LEEDS CITY CENTRE MURAL
It's emotional, seeing that big mural of his face as you drive through town.
JADE CHARLTON KALVIN'S HALF SISTER
It's just amazing. And it looks just like him. It's crazy.
It just fills you with pride.
I'd walk up to the ground and you'd see Kalvin
and I were like... I got shivers.
Kalvin's never let the football, the fame, the money get on top of him.
He's kept the same personality.
ARMLEY, LEEDS
We're at my old house. The house that I grew up in for 21 years.
This is where it all started.
Four kids. We were running around like maniacs.
This is where me and my brother really started playing football.
See the line in that wall there? That is one of the goalposts that we had.
So it's a bit weird to be back to be honest,
but it's... it's nice to be here.
Dad was in and out of prison when we lived here.
Obviously, it had an effect on our relationship
because we didn't see him as much.
But when he went away to prison, it was more like we knew that he was...
he wasn't coming back for a while, which was the worst thing.
I tried to hide a lot of things from the kids because I didn't want them...
I didn't want them to grow up
and think that it were OK to do this, or it were OK to do that.
Kalvin Phillips's father made, obviously, a lot of mistakes.
He was, you know, fighting, there was drugs involved, as well.
When he went to jail I used to say he'd gone to work,
just so they weren't thinking it was normal,
that it was OK to be like that.
He used to go and watch him play football
and he would just be smoking weed, like, on the touchline
and shouting like, you know... different things.
Kalvin respected his dad a lot. He was like the alpha figure.
And I feel like, when his dad wasn't there,
I think Kalvin took that kind of role.
This place is called the Mushroom Field.
I think it was a mushroom factory quite a long time ago,
and that's why they call it the "Mushy Field".
And this is where my early days playing for Wortley... Wortley FC took place.
This is my... This is the field where my first training session took place
when I was around nine years old.
And I just carried on playing ever since.
He loved football. He was always playing football.
I never joined his team.
I probably wasn't good enough to join his team!
Everyone knew he had a talent. Everyone knew he was very good.
My mum used to work at the pizza shop. She's worked there for years
and then had the job at Makro as well, where she was there for quite a while.
Money was really hard.
I'd start at Makro at nine o'clock.
Maybe finish about three o'clock, go home, make the kids' tea,
then go to the pizza shop, sometimes till 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock.
HARPO'S
But it was just to try to keep your head above water.
When we weren't able to stay at home,
because there was no one home, my mum was at work,
we'd go to my gran's and she'd look after us.
Granny Val was the grandmother of all grandmothers.
She was a wonderful woman.
She was a bit of a comedian and made everybody in the family laugh.
My gran was just always that person that, you know, if mum needed help,
she'd be the first one there to... to help her.
I haven't got a favorite, but I think my mum...
She always used to give him more...
I don't even want to say this now!
But she used to give him more dinner than the other kids.
She used to give him a bigger plate of dinner.
And they used to say, "Why has Kalvin got more?"
Granny Val was a real powerful woman with...
so much influence over her family.
And she would cuss and swear, and Lindsay would tell her off,
and Kal would roll his eyes and laugh.
And I think that Kalvin wanted to please his gran.
"But you're gonna have to work hard, Kalvin."
"If you don't work hard, it ain't going to work out for you."
AT ONLY 14 YEARS OLD KALVIN WAS SCOUTED BY LEEDS UNITED
Kalvin's debut for the first team was in 2015.
It was Wolves away.
And I was like, "Oh," you know?
This is a big test, because they either sink or swim.
Mowatt doing well. Will the ball break for somebody?
Phillips tries to get it back from Mowatt. Mowatt's quick feet...
Does well, in the end.
Stearman comes across to make the challenge.
Any of my lads who have the debut, I'm probably more nervous than anybody.
But he was brilliant.
It was an honor obviously to put the white shirt on for the first team.
It's something I'll treasure for the rest of my life. It was great.
It's something you've been working hard for, for how long?
Since I came. Under 14s, 15s. Yeah.
I've been playing football since I was eight, so probably since then.
I've been working hard every day.
And in the next game, he scored his first goal. So he just flew.
Taylor. Taylor with a looping cross in.
Kalvin Phillips!
Brilliant for Kalvin Phillips! Wonderful for Leeds United!
Level in the game.
Go, go, go, go. Go, Kalvin!
Four, five, six.
-One. -Come on.
-Yes! -Let's do another.
LEEDS UNITED ACADEMY
Leeds United's training ground is opposite Wealstun Prison.
He would come into the training ground, and his dad would be across the road.
But I don't think he let that many people know that that was the case, to be honest.
HMP WEALSTUN
One of the many things I admire about Kalvin
is that he doesn't treat it as a negative.
Obviously, he's devastated his father's in there
and the journey that his father took, but that would have focused him even more.
That desire to be a professional and to succeed.
It was strange because every time I drove past there,
I thought about him, so...
When I was younger, I didn't really want to say too much.
But now I'm just like, "Yeah, my... my dad's in prison."
Like, it's not that big of a deal.
AFTER PLAYING WELL AT THE EUROS AND HELPING LEEDS STAY UP,
KALVIN DECIDES TO SIGN WITH A NEW AGENT
From Kalvin's point of view, he then got to the stage
where he wanted an agent that was part of a worldwide group
that are used to dealing with big hitters. And that's what he's done.
17TH JUNE 2022 IBIZA
-Kalvin. -How are you?
-Nice to meet you. You all right? -I'm good, thank you.
-This is Ashleigh. -David. Pleased to meet you.
Come on up. One big step.
I've only just met him for the first time yesterday.
He rang me and said, "Look, I want to be with you
and I want you to do the next stage of my career."
Our role as a management company is to present to him these options...
DAVID MANNASEH AGENT, STELLAR GROUP
...and weigh up for the next six years of his footballing career,
what is going to be the right thing for him to do.
Kalvin is very loyal to Leeds.
But if there's that opportunity for these players
to play Champions League football, it's always a big turn of the head.
He had a fantastic Euros, fantastic season with Leeds,
and then he's had injuries.
I would guess that, with their injuries they had,
he's probably had to come back sooner than he wanted to.
But that's Kalvin for Leeds United and what Leeds United means to him.
OK. Happy?
Yeah.
Kalvin, he's worked his ass off to get where he is,
and then somebody can just come in and say,
"Oh, well, I'll have some of that off you," you know?
And I just think...
It's just unfair. But it is just the reality of it.
That's how it is.
5 DAYS LATER, NEWS BREAKS
THAT KALVIN HAS JOINED MANCHESTER CITY FOR £42 MILLION
Kalvin. How are you? Nice to see you.
MANCHESTER CITY PHILLIPS
I'm just kind of glad it's all done now.
And hopefully it gets announced soon so I can say my goodbyes to Leeds
and, you know, start a new journey with City.
YORKSHIRE PIRLO K.P.
-Are you nervous? -Yeah.
What is it that you're nervous about?
Going into a team as big as City
where there's 18 other football players who are just as good as me.
Yeah, it's nerve-racking.
New staff. New... new place.
Yeah, that's... that's the only thing really, I think.
Because I've never actually spoken to the manager and that, Pep.
I just have a feeling he's gonna be a lot different.
-It's exciting. -Yeah.
I know we support Leeds, and we're all Leeds,
and my little boy will kill me.
But for Kalvin, in his career, as my little brother, not a footballer,
it's progression.
He might as well try to take it as far as he can take it
and achieve more success on top of success.
So I was happy for him.
He kind of felt like he was being a little disloyal to Leeds,
but he had to think about his career, in general.
He just wants to prove to himself how far he can go.
I've always been really lucky, as in, we've never moved.
Kalv has been part of that team for years now,
and to get to this point in his career and still never had to move...
I think it is a big thing.
But I am really looking forward to it.
Moving to a new club is a huge strain.
You are effectively leaving one family in the dressing room
and one family in the stands
who you've probably spent the last, sort of, ten, 12 years
just watching games alongside.
Footballers are pretty resilient individuals,
and they could see the pathway that Kalvin Phillips was on.
And if that pathway towards the Champions League and towards greatness
took him across the M62, then that was the journey that had to be made.
-Hi. -Hi.
-Welcome to your home. -Thank you.
-How are you? -Good. How are you?
Good. Amazing. You both excited?
-Very. -Yeah, excited.
Let's go and do a tour.
We're going to go through all the details for the induction
and just show you around a bit.
So the views here are obviously...
You can see the Etihad just over there, so...
It's too high, that. Yeah, that's too high. Way too high.
-Yeah, it's quite a remarkable view. -Yeah.
All the blinds are electric, so...
We just knew straightaway that we really liked it.
The size of it and things were really nice.
We actually haven't told much of the family
that we're moving or anything like that.
We hadn't said anything to anyone about it, but...
-Try to keep it as low down as possible. -Otherwise everyone will be here.
And here, want to contact the concierge?
You go to Intercoms. Concierge.
Now, I think obviously friends and family, when they come and visit,
I think they'll be a little bit... I don't know.
My mum might cry.
-Overwhelmed, probably... -Yeah.
...by what it looks like and, you know, how nice it is.
I think moving away is part of life.
You have to go through certain things where you have to move away...
I can remember moving to digs when I was 16.
But my mum was always around then.
So I think no matter how far I move, or where I move,
I think she'll always be close enough that she can always visit, won't she? So...
It's definitely a new experience. I think just the whole of this is set up,
obviously living in the city center, the apartment.
We've always been in Leeds all our lives,
-and always been around the same people... -Yeah.
...and been close to everyone, and we wanted to just eventually...
We knew that we weren't going to outgrow Leeds,
we just wanted to, you know, expand.
2 WEEKS LATER
It's very luxury, actually, living in a high-rise apartment.
It's very nice, especially if you live in a penthouse.
I never really dreamed of being as lucky as what I have been,
to be able to live in an apartment like this
and living in the houses that I've lived in.
Especially when you compare them to where I lived when I was younger.
When Kalvin moved to Manchester,
I've moved into his house.
It's got a lot of gadgety stuff in it that I don't know whether I'm so keen on.
Like, you have to use a remote control to open and close the windows.
But what if your remote control breaks and the windows are open?
What's going to happen?
Oh, what's happened here now? Look, this is what it did the other day.
Frigging locks itself. I don't know why.
Look. And then you can't put it on. All these frigging modern technologies.
Just give me a gas hob any day.
Oh, my frigging lasagne will have burnt!
Oh, it has. Frigging hell.
5 WEEKS AFTER SIGNING, KALVIN STARTS AGAINST BARCELONA
Kalvin Phillips had a really difficult start to his time at Manchester City.
This was a dream for him to play for Pep Guardiola
because he knew he would develop as a player
under the greatest manager in the world.
It was the first game that I'd started.
It was at one of the most iconic stadiums in the world, at Barcelona,
against one of the best teams in the world.
I was actually doing quite well.
I was playing quite well and finding my way into the game.
And then, like, 55 minutes into the game...
I pushed somebody, and my shoulder dislocated.
I was gutted.
You could tell by my reaction when it happened.
I... I knew that it had popped out.
DAILY MAIL KALVIN CROCKED IN CITY'S BARCA FRIENDLY
SUNDAY PEOPLE SPORT KP KO FEAR
SHOULDER OP COULD RULE PHILLIPS OUT OF WORLD CUP
KAL CRISIS DAILY STAR
ENGLAND MIDFIELDER'S WORLD CUP WORRY
It'll affect him, definitely. Doesn't show it. He won't say it.
He'll say it, like, he's just a bit annoyed with it.
Like, you know, it's not what everyone wants,
but I know that he'll just fight harder to get fit
and he will make sure he is fit and he'll get to where he needs to be.
Being injured is very frustrating.
You know, since I've got here, I've not really played much,
but I've always wanted to be able to train
and, you know, be in the manager's sessions
and make sure I'm always there,
so, if anything happens, then, you know, I'm there to be available to play.
THOSE WHO FORGET THEIR PAST COMPROMISE THEIR FUTURE.
Psychologically, having an injury, that's pretty damaging.
Fortunately, Kalvin Phillips is a strong individual,
but it must've been a slightly lonely period for Kalvin,
particularly on the eve of a World Cup.
All those doubts stepping in.
Great save. Goalie. Good corners, goalie. Well done.
Three weeks later, I was in training and the same thing happened again.
Dislocated it again, which, you know, I think by that time
Pep was getting very frustrated
because I kept on pulling out of training with these injuries.
So all the time we're thinking,
"Can't wait for him to get on, can't wait for him to get on."
And then it was just, like, one thing after another, you know,
with injuries and stuff like that.
So, he's not been constantly playing week in, week out.
Got a dead calf in training, but it's just more of... being injured a lot,
so I don't want to get injured again.
So I'm making sure that I do everything I possibly can
to make sure it's all right.
It's so boring not watching him play football.
Honestly.
You can set it to a setting where it's...
You can either just ice your leg
or it can compress and ice at the same time.
And because my calf's a little bit stiff,
I'm just compressing and icing at the same time.
He's never experienced this before.
This is, like, a first for him.
And I think he's found it really hard, not playing.
LAST SEASON DUE TO INJURY KALVIN MISSED 16 GAMES
This is a picture of my gran.
It's one of my favorite pictures of her.
My gran's always been a strong, independent woman,
so I always took notice of what she said.
I think she'd have been happy with my decision to come here.
She wouldn't have been happy that I've been injured for so long.
Whenever I look at this picture, it just gives me motivation
to do better than what I'm doing now and work harder than what I'm doing now.
I miss my gran every day.
I can remember her being in hospital on the camera
because you could see she was struggling to breathe.
We were just saying, you know, "We love you. We..." You know?
Everyone was very emotional.
And obviously that phone call, we knew that,
you know, that's probably the last time we'd see our gran's face.
Three, two, one!
The restrictions to Covid made it difficult for us
to spend that quality time in my gran's last few hours,
which was also very difficult.
VAL CROSBY DIED FROM COVID ON THE 18TH OF FEBRUARY 2021
I did see a different side of Kalvin when his grandma had passed away.
It was, it was upsetting.
He cried, like...
I just thought, like, I've never seen him like that. He was broken.
GRANNY VAL
4 WEEKS AFTER KALVIN'S INJURY
CITY MANAGER PEP GUARDIOLA IS ASKED ABOUT IT
What's the latest on Kalvin Phillips? He wasn't in the squad today.
18TH SEPTEMBER 2022
A problem with his shoulder again. Maybe we need surgery in the next days.
Been a really frustrating start for him.
Absolutely. For us as well. We need him, yes. So...
SIDELINED KALVIN COULD NEED SHOULDER SURGERY
It was very frustrating that he had the Barcelona game,
then he had the injury in training.
He had the shoulder problem that popped.
Pep Guardiola is quite right. He said, "Just go and have that operation."
"We will, you know... Just come back when you're ready."
CITY MIDFIELD STAR RATED JUST 50-50 TO MAKE WORLD CUP
The decision to get my operation was very quick.
I spoke to my mum, spoke to my agent, my girlfriend, brothers and sisters,
and I asked what I should do, and they said, "Just get it."
ON SEPTEMBER 21ST 2022 KALVIN FINALLY HAS SURGERY ON HIS SHOULDER
The last three days has been tough because I've had no feeling really in my arm
especially after the op. I had nerve block, and...
It was the worst.
Probably one of the worst experiences.
The experience with an injury because it was numb.
It's nice being with the dogs and that
because I don't think I've ever had this time
other than when I did my hamstring.
-Why do you do that? -Why are you slamming it on?
I'm not slamming it on at all. That was so dramatic.
Ashleigh's got this thing where she...
She drives a hundred miles per hour towards a car
and then sees it last minute and just... Just think, "You know what?"
"I'm just gonna press the brakes, see if the brakes are working."
Continue.
Continue just being the passenger driver.
You all right getting out?
-Do you need any help? -No.
-You OK? -I'm all right.
Right. Let me know what they say.
Let me know what they say.
-I will do. -Let me know what you need.
I'll see you, love.
-Bye. -Love you. Bye.
Go to, like, halfway. And then just, like, push your arms.
Yeah, that's good. Relax.
And then look over this side.
The physio treatment that I received
was probably the best I could receive anywhere.
Nice, Kalvin.
I'm just trying to release his, like, pec a little bit and his delt.
Kalv gets his shoulder just rubbed every day.
Doesn't do anything.
-And then down, up. -It's hard to do.
Yeah. Well, that's the point,
is most of it's just to give you that connection, really.
Just three, three one side, then go three the other.
They push me to test my shoulder in different ways
that I'd never even thought, you know, that it'd help me.
I don't get recognized as much as what I did in Leeds,
especially if I was walking in the city center.
But I suppose that's a good thing really,
because I won't have to stop every two minutes which isn't too bad.
Come. Come on.
I could've done more to see my dad a lot more, but I'm very busy,
so it's very hard for me, and, to be fair, he's always said
that he didn't like us to come and visit him
because he doesn't like to, don't like us to see him in prison
and doesn't like us being around the environment, so...
Dad is not in a position that he probably wants to be in,
that he's proud to be in.
He'll feel kind of restricted.
He can't really be himself when he's in there.
So, he won't want people to kind of see him in that current state
because my dad is very proud.
At the end of the day, Mark is their dad.
And for all his faults, he is a dad, and he loves them.
I haven't got an issue with Kalvin wanting to be closer to his dad.
Let's go. Come on, let's go home.
He's made some wrong decisions along the way,
and I don't judge him for them
because, you know, I've heard about the upbringing that he's had
and it's been very tough for him.
When my dad was younger he was racially abused all the time.
He's told me that himself.
I've always loved the idea of being able to get tattoos
that show a lot of meaning to me.
This one is a black panther.
I got it because it represents a lot of things.
I'm of Black heritage,
and we've got a lot of Black people in my family.
My dad for one.
Being part of the taking the knee,
making sure that everybody knew his thoughts on it.
That is why his voice is powerful.
It's like, you know, "We cannot allow this to happen."
FA CONDEMNS "DISGUSTING" RACIST ABUSE
At the Euros, after Bukayo Saka sadly missed that penalty,
I knew, because of his background and where he's from,
it's probably not gonna be taken lightly by some of the fans.
And then for a lot of them to turn round
and send racial abuse towards young Black players
that had chosen to represent their country...
RACISM SHAME MONKEY CHANTS MAR VICTORY
It's just sad. It was very disappointing.
Absolutely disgusted at the unnecessary racist abuse I've seen online
directed at my teammates.
I have chosen to speak out about racism on many different occasions
because I wanna try and educate a lot of younger people
on how we should grow together.
'IT'S PAINFUL FOR ME AND MY FAMILY' KALVIN PHILLIPS ON RACISM AND BLM
If I can convince and teach,
you know, just a few people in the next generation,
then, you know, hopefully it'll carry on growing and carry on growing
and, you know, in the end, it'll stop.
2ND NOVEMBER 2022 MANCHESTER CITY VS SEVILLA, ETIHAD STADIUM
-Kalvin! -Hello, mate. You all right?
We hope your arm's better.
-How long are you going to be out again? -Seven weeks.
-Seven weeks? -That's a long time.
It's frustrating.
I signed for this reason, to play in this team, with all the best players,
and to not be able to do that, it's annoying.
My injuries haven't helped me, and the fact that I'm new to the team
and the manager doesn't really know me yet...
The fact that I've only played 30 minutes is annoying,
but, right now, it's not really bothering me
because I knew that it was always gonna be hard
to come in and play in this team anyway.
Obviously without my injuries I'd have played a little bit more,
but I still wouldn't have played as much as what I'd like to.
So I knew it was always gonna be frustrating.
Thanks.
I'll be about one hour.
OK. Thanks.
STELLAR GROUP
So, the last two months has been a tough time for Kalvin.
He's obviously had his operation, doing rehab.
DAVID MANNASEH AGENT, STELLAR GROUP
And it's fingers crossed for the World Cup.
We have a week to go till Gareth announces the squad.
Kalvin's situation,
the phones have been ringing for endorsements,
but the fact he's had the injury as well has put everything on hold.
So, if he's selected at the World Cup,
he will then get going with Manchester City
and the marketing side will sort of take place
towards the end of the season if he's playing.
If they're playing football, I've got something to negotiate from.
And my job, at the end of the day,
is that, by the time they're 30, 32,
they don't have to sell their medals, they don't have to sell their caps,
they don't have to sell their shirts.
I've looked after Jack Grealish for... since he was 18.
ICM STELLAR SPORTS
He's been through that first-season syndrome at Manchester City,
which Kalvin's going through at the moment.
GARETH BALE
They both came from big clubs
where the weight of expectation wasn't as high as it is at Man City,
where you have to win every week.
I feel like, in a lot of ways, me and Kalv are quite similar.
You know, the way we are with our families, so close.
JACK GREALISH JOINED MAN CITY IN 2021
You know, the way we've...
The way we've both come through the club that we've always supported.
I could have two or three bad games at Villa and no one would say a word,
but as soon as you have one at Man City, it's like, this, that.
You know, price tag, stuff like this.
So that's something obviously Kalv will get used to.
Being injured, you just don't really feel part of anything
because you're not training with them.
You're not helping them on the pitch, so it is difficult,
and you do feel...
Well, you could say lonely, actually.
I'm sure his dream is just to be in that World Cup squad.
I think he'll be desperate.
-Hey, Kalvin. How you doing? -You all right?
-I'm Ross. Nice to meet you. -You too.
We're gonna get you buzzed in then get you up to the studio.
-Yeah, no worries. -Lovely stuff.
Delighted to say, joining us live on the Monday Night Club in the studio
is the Manchester City and England midfielder Kalvin Phillips.
-Kalvin, good evening. -Good evening. How are you?
Really good. How are you doing?
Yeah, very good, Thank you. Pleasure to be here.
Listen, it's our pleasure to have you on.
I've got to say, the first thing that happened when you walked in
was, obviously, shake hands. But then I thought, "Shoulder."
-Yeah. -"Be careful."
How is the shoulder?
The shoulder's perfectly fine now. I'm back into full training.
Gone through a process of around seven weeks now
of recovering as fast as I possibly can for the World Cup.
And everything's going great, touch wood.
So, yeah, everything's, everything's feeling good.
Being a fellow Leeds lad, how are you settling in in Manchester, Kalvin?
It's been good, to be fair. All the lads are great.
I expected a different kind of environment when I went into City.
But Man City is a massive family club, and they treat you as one of their own.
WELCOME TO THE FIRST TEAM CENTRE
I felt that from the first step I walked in.
Everyone's made me feel very welcome,
even though I've not been involved as much as I would have hoped to have been.
Morning. You all right?
10TH NOVEMBER 2022 WORLD CUP CALL UP DAY
-Well done. -Cheers, mate. Thank you.
-You're in? -Yeah.
-Just called you now? -Huh?
He just called you?
Yeah, he just called me about ten minutes ago.
-Who? -Gareth Southgate.
What he say? What he say?
He just said, "Obviously it's not ideal, with the amount of game time you played."
But he says they're willing to...
"We're willing to take that risk and build you up anyway."
Cheers, mate. Thank you.
I was really relieved when Kalvin was selected for the World Cup
because I know how hard he worked through injury.
And I know how injuries can take their toll
on your mental health as a player.
-You got the call? -Congrats.
Let me go and check my phone, quick.
Let me see if Southgate's rang me.
He'd not really played that much
and everybody was focusing on how little he'd played.
But that was important for him
that he still felt part of that England squad
and was still an important player.
To finally be told that, you know,
I was representing my country at the World Cup
was massive for me,
especially after the last few months that I'd had with injury, and...
It was just like a weight lifted off my shoulder.
KALVIN'S SUCCESS PROMPTS HIM TO THINK ABOUT HIS DAD
He's been in there for so long,
and obviously I'm gonna go to the World Cup and stuff like that...
-You know he'll be buzzing... -Yeah.
-...that you're going to the World Cup. -Yeah.
I don't want him to come out and feel he's got nothing when he comes out,
after we've done so well and I've done so well.
I just want, when my dad comes out,
I just want to try and have a better relationship with him, so that...
he doesn't feel like he's missed out.
Kalvin Phillips is what Gareth Southgate wants from an England player.
Hard working, respectful.
Everything about him is perfect.
So, I think he was right to have that shoulder operation
because he needed to.
It might have risked his starting place, but he had to have it done.
I knew that the tournament was gonna be in Qatar.
It was, like, 40 degrees heat,
so I wasn't able to run straight away
and wasn't able to go outside and prepare my cardiovascular endurance.
You give shitty passes, you know?
ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER
I'd have to go into the heat chamber and do bike sessions in 38 degrees heat.
I'm telling you, I've read studies about being in there,
and it came out that basically it had a negative effect on the recovery.
Great for fitness, negative for recovery.
So, Kalvin, you don't need to go in there today, mate.
Really?
Three studies that I read. Three. Not one. Three.
-Have you looked that up? -Yeah.
-All right. -What are we doing?
You've just got to do your 30 minutes.
-Another 30 minutes? -Thirty minutes?
-John, one more time.
Seriously, don't make me come over there.
-Don't. -Kalv, don't.
So Kalvin is now in our environmental chamber.
DONOUGH HOLOHAN SPORTS SCIENTIST
He's done his pitch session outside
and this is a little top-up for his fitness.
When we remember what the end goal of all this is, is to get Kalvin to Qatar.
We have the ability to manipulate temperature
and humidity and also altitude.
And what all those things do
is they put a strain on the heart, so they make everything harder.
The heart rate just shoots up
because there's so much environmental stress.
So, we've set it to 40 degrees
and as close a humidity as we can as to what he's gonna have in Qatar,
which will be a drier heat.
I was in the chamber for about up to an hour at a time.
And sometimes I'd go in there twice a day,
but I knew that I had to do that
to help myself have any chance of being involved.
29TH NOVEMBER 2022 ENGLAND VS WALES
FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022
And now, Kalvin Phillips enters the World Cup stage,
injury problems behind him,
and he's going to replace Declan Rice in midfield,
a moment coming up to treasure for Kalvin Phillips.
Going out for the first World Cup game I played in was massive for me.
The atmosphere was amazing.
John Stones for England
and the ball played back to Kalvin Phillips.
There's one for Rashford to chase.
He's got a couple of options in the box, but he might go it alone here.
Marcus Rashford. Brilliant! 3-0 to England.
And what a penetrating pass, it was initially from Kalvin Phillips.
To actually see him on that pitch, it was, like, unbelievable.
Like, goosebumps sort of moments.
Like, what an experience.
And the fact that he's actually on that pitch
and a part of this... Well, it's a part of history.
ENGLAND MAKE IT TO THE QUARTER FINALS WHERE THEY MEET FRANCE
I think the team that we had,
we definitely deserved to beat France that night,
but France was just more experienced and more clinical.
Griezmann receives, square ball to Tchouaméni.
Oh, what a hit by Tchouaméni!
1-0 to France, and an uphill task for England now.
Harry Kane scored a penalty.
Harry Kane sends Hugo Lloris the wrong way and it's all square now.
Then missed his second one.
Kane. Oh, no!
What can you say?
I believe if we'd have beat France,
then we'd have gone on to win that tournament.
DECEMBER 23RD 2022
MANCHESTER CITY POST WORLD CUP PRESS CONFERENCE
Just going back to Kalvin Phillips,
can you just clarify, please, if he's not injured...
No, he arrived overweight.
Yes, so why is he overweight?
I don't know.
It's the player's responsibility is what you're saying?
He didn't arrive in the condition to training sessions and to play.
The day I'd come in to training,
I'd obviously traveled overnight from New York.
So, I'd had breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Obviously, a flight, which contributed in me being over my weight target.
CITY BOSS WARNS ENGLAND STAR SHAPE UP
I was never gonna argue with that.
PEP SAYS KALVIN PHILLIPS RETURNED FROM THE WORLD CUP OVERWEIGHT
Guardiola sometimes does throwaway comments in press conferences
which are a bit clumsy in terms of the words he uses.
He'd used the term 'overweight'.
What he meant was, he might have been over his weight,
as in, "We have a weight set for him, but we're not talking about fat."
But then obviously people run away with it, memes, social media,
whatever, you know, the tabloids.
THE GUARDIAN KALVIN PHILLIPS LEFT OUT OF MANCHESTER CITY SQUAD
BECAUSE HE WAS 'OVERWEIGHT'
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
KALVIN PHILLIPS RETURNS 'OVERWEIGHT' FROM WORLD CUP
It was quite a funny moment
when Kalvin Phillips returned to Elland Road
and was sitting on the bench, and when he started warming up,
they just all burst as one into,
"You're too fat to play for Leeds," which was very funny.
You're too fat to play for Leeds! You're too fat to play for Leeds!
And Kalvin just, you know, he's got a great smile,
and he just turned and applauded them and then carried on.
But I think that just shows,
A, their humor and B, their love for Kalvin.
The criticism that he gets does affect him, yeah.
He probably don't like to say it, but he'll never get down about it.
He'll never let it get to him and let them affect his football.
He'll just always use it, just use it as a motivator.
WEST HAM IDENTIFY CONOR GALLAGHER AND KALVIN PHILLIPS
AS DECLAN RICE REPLACEMENT
There's speculation about whether he'll stay or leave.
LIVERPOOL 'MAKE KALVIN PHILLIPS NO 1 TRANSFER TARGET'
He needs at least another season to get through the injuries.
He's on the other side of them now, touch wood.
So it's just a case of getting his head down,
training and proving that he deserves to be in that team.
I would be amazed if Manchester City and Pep Guardiola
transferred Kalvin Phillips out at the end of a season
which has been disrupted by injury.
I mean, he's in his mid-20s. He's maturing.
He'll probably play well into his 30s,
so he's probably got another decade of playing
and he will develop hugely in that time.
So I'm on the way to prison to see my dad.
I've not seen him for a good six, seven years now.
I've only just decided just because I've been quite busy
over the last few years with World Cup and injuries.
But, yeah, I'm excited, but quite nervous as well, so...
It's gonna be a strange feeling, but when he sees me in person,
I think he'll be a little bit more emotional.
WARNING C.C.T.V. IN OPERATION
90 MINUTES LATER
The visit went really well.
I haven't seen him for so many years, so it was nice to see his face again.
He's changed more than what I thought he had.
He's got a lot more gray hairs, put on a little bit of weight,
which I don't think he'll be happy about me saying, but...
But, no, he's still the same person,
still as funny as ever, and we were having a good laugh as well.
He just wanted to know everything that was going on
because it's just so, like, secluded in there.
He said he's only got two more years left in the prison.
He's told me exactly what he wants to do when he gets out,
which is come and watch football,
and that's one thing that I can help him do that anyway,
which is a nice feeling because I haven't had him there for such a long time.
ARMLEY CEMETERY, LEEDS
This is the first time I've seen the gravestone since my gran passed.
VALERIE MARGARET CROSBY "GRANNY VAL"
I owe my granny,
Granny Val, probably everything that I've got right now.
If I could give away all my money to spend another hour with her, I would do that.
She's the only reason why I'm here.
He's got an amazing talent. He's come from having nothing,
and I feel like he's worked for what he's got.
And he's never changed.
That's a great example for kids
that are wanting to kind of follow in his footsteps.
I can see him being a leader in the way that footballers can
by going into estates and talking to kids and saying,
"Listen, I came from a similar upbringing to you. Look at me now."
I think that Kalvin is completely living his dream.
I think the future for Kalvin at Manchester City
is about him gradually getting himself as one of the main players in that team.
I think he's good enough.
I think that, now he's free of injuries, that will be the next thing that happens.
KALVIN HAS REMAINED INJURY FREE SINCE SEPTEMBER 2022
AND PLAYED HIS FIRST 90 MINUTES IN FEBRUARY 2023
Mahrez. Doesn't think about going forward.
Lays it square to Kalvin Phillips.
So close! And only a minute gone.
It's been a difficult season for me, but I'm heading on the right track now,
and I feel like I'm understanding, you know, my role in the team
and how I'm supposed to play for the team
and, hopefully, whenever I get my chance, I can be ready.