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title: "Virals: EPL club have ‘made a move’ for Liverpool defender Nat Phillips"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2022-01-07T12:00:00Z"
modified: "2022-01-07T12:00:00Z"
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# Virals: EPL club have ‘made a move’ for Liverpool defender Nat Phillips

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2022/01/07/virals-liverpool-striker-divock-origi-wanted-by-epl-rivals/) central defender [Nat Phillips](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/12/24/virals-three-epl-clubs-express-an-interest-in-liverpool-ace-nat-phillips/) is expected to leave the club during the January transfer window as Watford become the latest club to register an interest.

The 24-year-old made himself a hero last season when helping guide the Reds to a third-place Premier League finish with a string of [outstanding](https://www.sofascore.com/player/nathaniel-phillips/920393) defensive displays.

Following the [successful returns](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58021037#:~:text=Liverpool%20defenders%20Virgil%20van%20Dijk,lengthy%20spells%20out%20through%20injury.&text=Both%20players%20appeared%20as%20second,Klopp%20regarding%20the%20pair's%20return.) of Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip and Joe Gomez, Phillips has once again fallen down the pecking order at Anfield.

According to a report from [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-watford-make-concrete-move-for-phillips-as-liverpool-asking-price-revealed/), as cited on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/footyinsider247/status/1479044992995889153), the no-nonsense defender has attracted the attention of relegation battlers, Watford.

> FI EXCLUSIVE!✅
>
> – Watford have made a move for Nat Phillips as Claudio Ranieri aims to recruit a new centre-back.✍️
>
> – Liverpool want £12m for the 24-year-old.💰
>
> – He wants to leave in search of regular first-team football.⚽
>
> – [https://t.co/a96xBVTFvX](https://t.co/a96xBVTFvX)[#WFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#LFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Watford](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Watford?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/YMn1Zc1Apl](https://t.co/YMn1Zc1Apl)
>
> — Football Insider (@footyinsider247) [January 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/footyinsider247/status/1479044992995889153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The report claims that Liverpool are ‘willing to listen to offers’ for the [former VfB Stuttgart loanee](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nathaniel-phillips/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/371814) and Claudio Ranieri has ‘identified’ Phillips.

This season the Bolton-born ace has made [four appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nathaniel-phillips/leistungsdaten/spieler/371814) for Jurgen Klopp’s side across all competitions.

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

Valued at £7.2million and under contract until 2025 ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nathaniel-phillips/marktwertverlauf/spieler/371814)), Liverpool are certainly in a position of strength when it comes to demanding a fee for the centre-back.

However, having promptly become the [fifth choice](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team) at Anfield, the club and Klopp, in particular, would likely be looking to grant the ace’s wishes to play regular first-team football.

Kopites will forever be indebted to Phillips and indeed Rhys Williams for [steering the side to UEFA Champions League football](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/434196-nat-phillips-and-rhys-williams-have-created-proper-careers-now) for this term.

Whatever happens over the coming weeks, we will always have [that turn](https://www.planetfootball.com/trending/nathaniel-phillips-cruyff-turn-san-siro-liverpool-folklore/) in the San Siro.