West Ham United have reached an agreement with Manchester City to sign midfielder Kalvin Phillips on loan for the remainder of the season.
Phillips, 28, has been made available for loan by City, with Juventus exploring a potential deal, but there is no agreement with the Italian club at this stage.
Personal terms are not expected to be a problem, with West Ham covering Phillips’ salary.
The England international is flying back to England with the rest of the City squad from Abu Dhabi after completing a warm-weather training camp and will undergo a medical on Thursday.
An option to make the move permanent in the summer will apply if West Ham agree to meet City’s valuation.
West Ham sold key defensive midfielder Declan Rice to Arsenal in the summer for £105million ($134m) but bolstered their ranks by signing James Ward-Prowse from Southampton and Edson Alvarez from Ajax. Fellow midfielder Tomas Soucek, whose contract had been up at the end of this season, signed a new deal until 2027 earlier this year.
Phillips, meanwhile, has fallen down the pecking order at City and has been unable to cement his place in Pep Guardiola’s starting line-up since his move from Leeds United two seasons ago.
City were willing to let Phillips leave on loan in the summer but he insisted on staying and fighting for his spot. He never managed to convince Guardiola that he could be a part of the team last season and, given the signings of Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes, in the summer, that was never likely to change this campaign.
Phillips has featured in 31 games across all competitions for City, scoring once.
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