United's poor record over the past 10 years, the precarious position of Europe's top giants, and the club's appeal to players is much less than before, and many players are reluctant to step into the mire. British media revealed that 26-year-old Leeds United midfielder Calvin Phillips, although he is the red devil's favorite back, he prefers to renew the signing to stay in the team rather than transfer to the sworn enemy Manchester United.
The 26-year-old Phillips, who rose to fame at last year's European Championship, is rumored to be one of United's midfielders, but the England international believes that leeds United have a bright future after the change of coach and hopes to renew his contract at Elam Road.
Britain's "Sun" said that Phillips was very satisfied with the new coach Jesse Marsh and decided to stay in the team. After the new manager took office, Leeds United have gone unbeaten in 4 games, with a 9-point advantage away from the relegation zone, and relegation is basically no problem.
Currently, Phillips is on a weekly salary of £38,000 and Leeds United are willing to renew his salary with a substantial salary increase. While United are able to offer higher pay, Phillips is more inclined to be loyal to Leeds United, which is a big blow to the Red Devils, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Aston Villa, which are interested in him.
Leeds United rejected multiple offers to buy Phillips in January, with his agent Kevin Sharp publicly saying england would have no intention of moving.
"Calvin (Phillips) is delighted that Leeds United has refused to sell him." The agent said, "He never asked to leave Leeds United, he never wanted to leave during his time at the club, now and this summer. As far as I know, the offers that Leeds United rejected were record amounts for both buyers and sellers. So I hope Leeds United will keep their promises, give new contracts and put an end to the rumors about Calvin's future."
United have been criticised in recent years, with fans speaking out publicly ahead of this weekend's Premier League. Fans were ready to once again express their hope for the owner's Greze family to leave in the battle against Norwich, and the day before the game, a group of fans had already appeared at Carrington Training Ground, holding up banners that read "Glazer Get Out". Manchester United players were also the target of shelling, with a banner that read: "Shame on you, you don't deserve to wear this red shirt."
United's interim manager Lonnick, 63, also admitted that the squad in the dressing room is not easy to manage right now. "I don't regret accepting a job at Manchester United, no matter how many times I do, I don't regret it at all. As a manager, you always have to ask yourself if you would have achieved better results if you had used a different formation in some games, if you had made a substitution earlier. It's a regular occurrence and we always feel like we can do better." "I think we all know it's not a team that can be managed easily, it's not easy, otherwise it wouldn't be me sitting here and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer might still be coaching," Lonnick said.
Lonnick insists he has promoted Manchester United: "Once again, I think that in the last few months we have shown that Manchester United can improve, but we have not been able to sustain. I am not at all satisfied with my current performance and results. We've had great moments, situations and games, such as against Crystal Palace, West Ham, Tottenham, Leeds United, and in the first 70 minutes of the battle against Villa, we were good overall. But we haven't been able to maintain long-term stability, even consistently high levels throughout the game, which is something United will try to do for the rest of the season."
For the fans' statement, Longnick believes that once the audience enters Old Trafford, it will still fully support Manchester United. "I don't know what they're going to do, I've heard they want to delay the entry by 17 minutes. Even so, they will support the team and support us. Their attitude will depend on how we perform on the pitch, it's a game of taking and giving, and we can't expect the fans to support us no matter how they play. But the fans, both at home and away, have given the team a lot of support, and so far they haven't targeted us."
Lonnick declined to criticize the boss Glazer: "There's no point in discussing this topic, it's not the problem, the problem is how we win the game tomorrow." It's not my job to comment on the boss, I had a detailed conversation with the boss before I started coaching in early December, but it's useless to discuss it now."