They have started to plan for a busy summer transfer window and are looking to reinforce their defence by signing the Liverpool defender.
Phillips joined the Merseyside club back in the summer of 2016.
He was promoted to their first team in 2019 but has never really managed to cement his place in their first team.
He has had multiple loan spells away from the club over the years.
This is the time of year when I ask you to have perspective and not listen to the default thinking.
Getting relegated from the Premier League becomes a reality, but it really isn’t a problem.
It’s just a reflex indoctrinated by the Premier League.
Wanting to be relegated and volubly so should prick the league’s bloviating self-regard; something has to.
And as teams battle it out for the automatic promotion places, I hope their fans realise these are the glory days.
You’ve got a great team and manager, you are winning away games 4-3 with heroes everywhere.
The football is exciting, you feel you’re going to win every game. You go to every game with hope in your heart.
Winning all the time is great and you are drenched in glory as you get promoted. Remember this feeling, it will be but a distant memory soon enough.
