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Pep Guardiola refused to confirm whether Kalvin Phillips has a long-term future at Manchester City, telling the England midfielder that he has to earn his place in the team just like everyone else.
Phillips is still waiting for his first Premier League start for City since signing from Leeds in the summer, and has only played 102 minutes across eight substitute appearances, with only two starts in 17 total outings, averaging 23 minutes. It feels unlikely that Phillips will get many more opportunities to impress Guardiola in the final eight games of the season, and he has been linked with a potential summer exit in some reports.
Speaking ahead of City's penultimate Premier League home game of the season against Phillips' former club Leeds, the manager was asked if the midfielder realistically has a future at the Etihad past the summer, but couldn't offer any guarantees to the out-of-favour midfielder.
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"I understand. Right now, absolutely, we are not thinking for one second about next season," Guardiola said on Phillips' status within the squad.
"Kalvin has been, for many things, important in the role, he’s not been on the pitch much. In some things he needs to adapt a little bit more but what happens next season, I'm not concerned for one second now. We will see at the end of the season. We’ll sit with the players.
"Maybe they want more minutes or maybe they are not happy with the situation. But right now I'm not going to discuss anything. Everyone will be important, there are still a lot of games to play. Every day they are more tired and more tired."
Guardiola did admit that the form of Rodri and John Stones has made it more difficult for
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