Man City announce Kalvin Phillips signing and confirm midfielder's shirt number

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Manchester City have completed the £42m transfer of Kalvin Phillips from Leeds United, with the potential to pay an additional £3m based on performance-related targets.

City have moved to add Phillips to their squad after seeing club captain Fernandinho depart this summer. The former Leeds man will compete and rotate with Rodri in the holding midfield role but could also see minutes further forward in a Pep Guardiola side that could have a new feel to it given the four new signings this year; Erling Haaland and Stefan Ortega Moreno has been signed this summer, while Julian Alvarez arrives this month after his January move.

Phillips will take the No.4 shirt last worn at the club by Vincent Kompany, a defender who achieved so much at the Etihad that there is a statue of him outside the ground.

The 26-year-old has signed a six-year deal and explained why he is so happy to join. Also read:Arsenal complete £45m signing of Man City striker Gabriel Jesus “I am absolutely delighted to have joined Manchester City," he said. "City have again proved to be the best team in the country with an amazing squad and a manager in Pep Guardiola who is rightly considered to be the finest in the world. “To be able to play under Pep and learn from him and his coaching staff as well as be part of such a fantastic squad is a prospect that I am incredibly excited about.