Kieran Lee will have an operation early this week on a heel spur problem but the Bolton Wanderers midfielder should be back in action before the end of the League One season.
31.01.2022 - 20:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Former Bolton Wanderers youngster Nat Phillips has joined Championship side Bournemouth on loan from Premier League giants Liverpool.
The 24-year-old Bolton-born defender came through the youth ranks at Wanderers but left in the summer of 2016 having not made a first team appearance for the club.
He later joined the Anfield club's youth set up and began to train with the first team in 2018, but appeared likely to depart Jurgen Klopp's side this month after falling down the pecking order.
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Phillips made just four appearances for the Reds this campaign, one of which came against Wanderers in the Papa John's Trophy group stage where he captained Liverpool to a 4-1 loss.
Liverpool are reportedly holding out for a transfer fee of £15m for Phillips this month but will accept £12m, whose contract at Anfield runs until the summer of 2025.
Watford, West Ham United and Dutch side PSV Eindhoven were all reported to have had an interest in the ex-Bolton defender, who is son of former Wanderers star Jimmy Phillips, as well as Newcastle United and Leicester City making offers.
And Phillips has now joined Championship side Bournemouth on loan until the end of the season.
According to the Liverpool Echo, the Anfield club will earn an initial loan sum of £1.5m with a further £250,000 should the third-place Cherries achieve promotion to the Premier League this term.
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