England manager Gareth Southgate has dropped Kalvin Phillips from the squad due to his recent poor form. Southgate believes Phillips has the potential to regain his spot and is keen for him to do so. Manchester City's Pep Guardiola confirms Kevin De Bruyne will miss the FA Cup quarter-final against Newcastle due to injury, but Jack Grealish is in contention to return.
🔵🏴 Pep Guardiola: “I believe Kalvin Phillips will get back into the England squad”. “I’m sure as he’s a good man and he will have his chance again”. https://t.co/vNspMlslEP
🔵 Guardiola: "De Bruyne won't be ready for Newcastle but he feels good, I'm grateful he can recover for rest of the season". "Ederson could be ready after the international break, Grealish is getting better and he's back in the group". https://t.co/Ms8lTnNad9
Pep Guardiola says Kevin De Bruyne will miss Manchester City's #FACup quarter-final against Newcastle on Saturday as the Belgium midfielder battles to return from injury for the final weeks of his side's treble chase ➡️ https://t.co/wCTaZ9KcT3 #AFPSports https://t.co/SBWLCkzloF
"He's not ready for tomorrow" Pep Guardiola says Kevin De Bruyne is out of tomorrow's FA Cup quarter-final against Newcastle but Jack Grealish is in contention to return 🔵 https://t.co/MzNJzWxmDo
Guardiola says ‘hopefully Ederson will be ready after the international break’. On De Bruyne: ‘he’s not ready for tomorrow but we spoke to Belgium and he feels good, hopefully he can recover for the last part of the season.’ Grealish is ‘getting better’ and is ‘in the group’
Gareth Southgate would love Kalvin Phillips to fight his way into England’s Euro 2024 squad https://t.co/ou2hObfUkq
"His form just hasn't been good enough." 😬 Gareth Southgate explains why Kalvin Phillips hasn't been called up to England's latest squad 🗣 #BBCFootball https://t.co/hALbUJ56nR
Gareth Southgate says Kalvin Phillips wasn't selected for the England squad because "his form hasn't been good enough". More from @GarrickOmar ⬇️ https://t.co/EhXyip7DIt
⛔️🏴 Southgate on Kalvin Phillips: “His form has just not been good enough recently”. “I've spoken to him, he understands”. “He's got all the attributes to force his way back in. I said if he continued not to play at City would be a problem”. https://t.co/WaHcpgnvNi
"There's an outstanding player in there and I'm sure he'll find that" Gareth Southgate explains his decision to drop Kalvin Phillips from his England squad ❌ https://t.co/suWjXDD2oJ
🗣️ "Unfortunately his form just hasn't been good enough" Gareth Southgate explains his decision to drop Kalvin Phillips from his England squad 🏴 https://t.co/Q9gkuMijtK
Southgate on Phillips: "We don’t have many players of that profile. Unfortunately his form just hasn’t been good enough. I’ve spoken to him about that, he understands. He’s got all the attributes to force his way back in and we’re really keen for him to do that."