Kalvin Phillips is finalising a new loan move to Sheffield United after being left off Manchester City’s squad list to tour Asia.As Daily Mail Sport revealed last month, Chris Wilder is keen to re-sign the 30-year-old, who has two years left on his contract, despite a difficult loan spell last season.Phillips made just three appearances for Sheffield United last term and was sent off on his last appearance for the club in the Steel City derby win over Sheffield Wednesday.Phillips has endured a torrid time since joining City for £42 million from Leeds United and is keen to kickstart his career.The 30-year-old former England international was desperate to make an impact, but his lack of games in recent seasons and subsequent shortage of match sharpness put him at a physical disadvantage.The 31-cap international previously had loan spells with West Ham and Ipswich in the Premier League before linking up with Sheffield United in January. Phillips made just three appearances for Sheffield United last term and was sent off on his last appearance for the club in the Steel City derby win over Sheffield WednesdayIncluding his loan moves, he has made a total of 46 league appearances since joining City almost four years ago.Talking to BBC Radio Sheffield towards the end of the season, Wilder said: ‘He’ll have a lot of people still after him. We’ve brought a really good pro in. He was unlucky with his injury and he’s not played as much as he wanted to play. MAN CITY TOUR SQUAD GoalkeepersGianluigi Donnarumma, Marcus Bettinelli, Max Chabot, Jack Wint.DefendersRayan Ait-Nouri, Max Alleyne, Kaden Braithwaite, Josko Gvardiol, Matty Henderson-Hall, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rico Lewis, Stephen Mfuni, Vitor Reis.MidfieldersClaudio Echeverri, Phil Foden, Jaden Heskey, Mateo Kovacic, Jeremy Monga, Divine Mukasa, Nico Gonzalez, Xavier Parker, Tijjani Reijnders, Floyd Samba, Antoine Semenyo, Savinho.Forwards Mahamadou Sangare, Divin Mubama, Ryan McAidoo.<!- – ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/us/sport/football/article/other/mpu_factbox.html?id=mpu_factbox_1 – ->
‘I spoke to him and said we’d love to be an option for you, your agent and your parent club if that is a possibility.’He certainly ticks the box in terms of personality and characteristics, off the pitch and on it. If there’s an opportunity I’m sure we’ll try and explore that one.’Jack Grealish has also been left out of City’s pre-season tour as he continues his rehabilitation and individual training programme.Grealish joined Everton on loan at the beginning of last season and his time with the Toffees got off to the perfect start as he notched two goals and six assists during the early months of the season.But in January the attacker suffered a stress fracture during a game against his former club Aston Villa, which required surgery.The injury marked the end of Grealish’s season – and thereby killed his World Cup hopes – and he stayed at the Hill Dickinson club until the end of the season to undergo his rehabilitation.He has since returned to City, posting a picture of himself on the grass last week with the caption: ‘Nice to see everyone, am nearly there! Hopefully not long now till back training for good’.There has been interest from Saudi Arabia – and Everton are also aware of his situation – but a decision on his future looks likely to come later in the window.Savinho also wants to push through his move to Tottenham but City maintain his valuation has not been met and would want a replacement before they allow the 22-year-old to leave.Sources at Tottenham indicate City’s valuation has changed since initial talks.City have considered the likes of Ibrahim Mbaye from PSG and Chelsea’s Pedro Neto as potential wing additions.