Why Liverpool kept ex-Bolton Wanderers defender Nat Phillips despite Benfica & Southampton offers
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFormer Bolton Wanderers youngster Nat Phillips remained a Liverpool player despite loan approaches by Benfica and Southampton near the climax of the transfer window.
The 25-year-old Bolton-born centre half came through the youth ranks at Wanderers and is the son of former Whites defender Jimmy.
However, he left in the summer of 2016 having not made a first team appearance for the club. After departing Bolton, he joined the Anfield club's youth set up and began to train with the first team in 2018.
He has made a total of 25 appearances for Jurgen Klopp's side since then, scoring once. READ MORE:Full list of the 11 players who left Bolton Wanderers this summer and what happened next Phillips spent the first half of last season at Anfield and even turned out against his boyhood club Wanderers in that time.
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