{"id":1122598,"date":"2019-12-29T12:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T12:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1122598"},"modified":"2019-12-29T19:23:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T19:23:18","slug":"nathaniel-phillips-liverpool-centre-back","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nathaniel-phillips-liverpool-centre-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Nathaniel Phillips? The centre-back Liverpool have recalled from Stuttgart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span id=\"urn:enhancement-a06c44b0-c17d-eb17-ee90-b3a7a7b1a3f0\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> have reached an agreement with German club Stuttgart to allow on-loan defender Nathanial Phillips to return to the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-0de9a116-fbce-10c6-299d-34044daf34da\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Reds<\/span>, but <span id=\"urn:enhancement-0bd16385-c5e6-ccc9-3211-7403e3900905\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/jurgen_klopp\">Jurgen Klopp<\/span> has suggested that he might not be at Anfield for very long.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.055);\">The <span id=\"urn:enhancement-85d789f3-be04-2a0d-3ac2-8600185beecb\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Reds<\/span><\/span>\u00a0are suffering from a number of defensive injuries with both Joel Matip and Dejan Lovren out injured, leading them to recall Phillips from the German Bundesliga 2 side.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Nathaniel Phillips?: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nathaniel Phillips is the son of former footballer Jimmy Phillips who played for Oxford, Middlesbrough and Bolton.<\/li>\n<li>He is a 22-year-old central defender who came through the Bolton &amp; <span id=\"urn:enhancement-61aaa6e2-1bd6-a0e9-1645-2b46f731decf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> academies.<\/li>\n<li>He is an imposing 6 ft 3 in tall and signed a new contract with the Merseyside club back in August.<\/li>\n<li>He is yet to make a senior appearance for the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-a87e7a02-b693-f0fe-c700-7e55ff9a495c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Reds<\/span> but played 11 times for Stuttgart this season.<\/li>\n<li>He has been recalled from his loan by <span id=\"urn:enhancement-74cc40ca-4794-06f9-a565-9a850136664e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> and could start in the FA Cup against Everton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7462485\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With injuries to key defenders as well as Brazilian midfielder Fabinho, <span id=\"urn:enhancement-8ae459db-2a9e-76d2-7e7c-43f49e4cdd66\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> took the decision to recall Nathaniel Phillips from his spell with Stuttgart where he has been since the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The defender signed a new contract with the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-049bdc39-9efc-f165-ffcb-5cc1a60d5392\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Reds<\/span> in August before heading out to Germany to get some game time but\u00a0Klopp&#8217;s need for defensive cover has seen the club cut his stay abroad short.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/first-team\/380083-nat-phillips-returns-from-stuttgart-loan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-38a57615-35c8-f9a1-1eb8-c49726b95bec\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> website said: &#8220;<span id=\"urn:enhancement-18d48997-74a5-363f-a6b4-0390492f363a\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> have reached an agreement with Stuttgart for Nathaniel Phillips to return from his loan spell in January.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1122931\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/liverpool-wolves-player-ratings-premier-league-full-lallana-coady-mane\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1122931\" class=\"wp-image-1122931 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29183724\/liverpool-1-0-wolves-featured-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29183724\/liverpool-1-0-wolves-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29183724\/liverpool-1-0-wolves-featured-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29183724\/liverpool-1-0-wolves-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29183724\/liverpool-1-0-wolves-featured-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29183724\/liverpool-1-0-wolves-featured-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29183724\/liverpool-1-0-wolves-featured-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29183724\/liverpool-1-0-wolves-featured.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1122931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/liverpool-wolves-player-ratings-premier-league-full-lallana-coady-mane\">\u201cA moment of genius vindicated by VAR\u201d \u2013 Every player rated as Liverpool beat Wolves to go 13 points clear<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Phillips came through the Bolton academy where he played under his father. He was offered a scholarship to play in the US at the University of North Carolina but instead made the decision to sign for <span id=\"urn:enhancement-c3ebe2d7-da62-ee06-05c5-95231ca9d8e3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Although he is yet to make a senior appearance he was an unused substitute in the European Champions League final in Madrid in 2019, a game which saw the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-0535ad83-234c-9498-49f8-ba061daa86bc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Reds<\/span> run out triumphant over <span id=\"urn:enhancement-a2ac16e1-f24b-267c-c91a-5c01d5fc4134\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/tottenham_hotspur_f-c\">Spurs<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Although Phillips&#8217; recall will be seen as an undoubted positive for the player himself &#8211; as well as a huge opportunity to make an impression on <span id=\"urn:enhancement-9f435020-efc2-b71c-121d-653e52ba14e9\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/jurgen_klopp\">Klopp<\/span> &#8211; the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-5d109d82-d341-ef7d-3d22-f9b2d897e745\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> manager has hinted it is only a short-term solution, saying he will likely go back to Stuttgart after &#8220;a while&#8221;, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/liverpool-stuttgart-nat-phillips-transfer-17478288\">reports<\/a> suggesting Phillips could return to the German outfit at the end of January if <span id=\"urn:enhancement-56b9af7e-3f39-9359-ccfc-48e3ef341aed\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span>&#8216;s defensive crisis eases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s our boy, he\u2019s on loan at Stuttgart and is doing really well there,\u201d <span id=\"urn:enhancement-5c31613b-450a-88b1-01de-c5a08b3e1c30\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/jurgen_klopp\">Klopp<\/span> told <span id=\"urn:enhancement-394ffe81-5d74-9485-2008-61952573d19b\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/first-team\/380332-jurgen-klopp-nat-phillips-liverpool-return\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liverpool have won 55 points out of a possible 57 available after 19 Premier League games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Enough to finish in the top half of every 38-match campaign in the competition&#39;s history. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J9RLFM47SQ\">pic.twitter.com\/J9RLFM47SQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coral (@Coral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Coral\/status\/1211354247360630790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor people who don\u2019t know, Stuttgart pretty much should be, together with Hamburg, the best team in the second division. They are third in the moment, they want to get promoted obviously, and they, unfortunately, sacked the manager because they are not happy with third place so you see how ambitious they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are a football-playing side and Nat is doing there really, really well. He played, I think, 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we have the situation that we have and we thought \u2018what can we do to help us a little bit?\u2019 and we asked Stuttgart if they would be ready to give him back to us for a while and they said \u2018OK\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we asked Nat, actually, but he looked really happy yesterday [Friday] when he was in the dressing room so it\u2019s just a nice story that we can do something like this. I hope that from Everton he will be available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Know Your Squad: \u2018Mane\u0301?!\u2019 Liverpool fans quizzed w\/Vizeh\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ioKiFEZna0?start=32&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Playing style<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Phillips is an old fashion centre back but, for his size, is very useful with his feet. His long legs allow him to push past players of smaller stature and his passing ability is also decent.<\/p>\n<p>He is strong in the air and calm in possession making him adept at playing out from the back, although he often plays safety first rather than risk getting caught on the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Playing alongside someone like Virgil van Dijk could help Phillips develop even further but as it stands he appears a promising young player for the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-d7c11847-be79-7b30-76ac-e39a3dcd45f8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Reds<\/span>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Five things @CJSmith91 learned from Liverpool&#39;s 1-0 win against Wolves &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rXhE2gfhMh\">https:\/\/t.co\/rXhE2gfhMh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;How to solve (not) a problem like VAR.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1211355930249564160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have reached an agreement with German club Stuttgart to allow on-loan defender Nathanial Phillips to return to the Reds, but Jurgen Klopp has suggested that he might not be at Anfield for very long. 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