Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips will miss England’s Nations League games with Italy and Germany due to a shoulder problem.
The Manchester City midfielder, who had been named in Gareth Southgate’s 28-man squad, missed his side’s win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Athletic, City are deciding whether to send Phillips for shoulder surgery, which could put the 26-year-old’s World Cup place at risk
He featured in mid-week for City in the Champions League but has had a stop-start time since his summer move from Leeds United..
Phillips has yet to start for City. Since his £45m summer move from Leeds, he has made only three appearances, all from the bench, totalling 14 minutes.
He was one of the players mentioned by England coach Gareth Southgate when he defended his latest squad selection on Thursday.
Phillips was ever present in England’s run to the final of Euro 2020 and Southgate has shown loyalty to players from that tournament who have served him well in the past in troubled starts to their club season.
It is just over nine weeks until England open their World Cup campaign against Iran on 21 November.
City have five matches after the international break, beginning with a Manchester derby, for Phillips to try and prove his fitness.
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