Official: Nathaniel Phillips Joins West Bromwich Albion in Permanent Move

The rumors are true: Massive Nat Phillips is off, having accomplished a everlasting switch to West Bromwich Albion.

The central defender stuffed in admirably in Liverpool’s horror season with defensive accidents, enjoying a big half within the staff’s European qualification regardless of the struggles from January on in 2020/21.

Nathaniel Phillips has been a Purple for nearly a decade, having arrived within the Academy again in 2016. Phillips is without doubt one of the comparatively uncommon arrivals who joined by way of trial moderately than switch in his late teenagers.

The defender made 29 senior appearances for Liverpool, his most notable maybe being the one-off win towards Everton in January 2020: Phillips discovered himself briefly recalled from his mortgage spell at VfB Stuttgart to play in an FA Cup tie towards Everton at Anfield; after the Reds received, he promptly returned to Germany to complete his mortgage.

After all, most of his appearances got here within the aforementioned injury-hit season of 2020/21. Phillips was one in all many who stepped up throughout a difficult time, and thus his contributions have been key to a really robust push the next season.

Whereas a lot of his time with Liverpool has been spent on mortgage, his affect will definitely be felt on Merseyside — and he will definitely stay a cult hero. Actually allow us to always remember his Cruyff flip within the San Siro.