Now the Leeds midfielder wants to repay his manager for the defining role he’s played in his career by ­handing him one back bearing a Three Lions crest. “I’m giving it to the manager, ­Marcelo,” said Phillips, when asked what he plans to do with the shirt he hopes to wear on his England debut. Now Leeds are back in the ­Premier League and Phillips can become the club’s first player since Alan Smith 19 years ago to be capped by England. “Marcelo is a manager who is ­obsessed with football, and he’s ­obsessed with making the players he’s got the best they can be. “I think it’s fair to say he’s done that with me in the last two years.”Will England win the Euros?

Source: Daily Mirror September 05, 2020 21:30 UTC