Why West Ham may not sign Liverpool’s Nat Phillips

West Ham’s injury issues

West Ham have had a superb start to the 2021/22 campaign.

The Hammers are currently 4^th in the Premier League and have picked up some impressive wins over Liverpool and Chelsea.

However, both of those wins would come at a price to their backline. Firstly, vs Liverpool, Angelo Ogbonna would suffer a knee injury, which has ruled him .

Then, after seeing off Chelsea, Kurt Zouma suffered an injury which could keep him out for up to .

With West Ham fighting for a top-four spot and still going strong in Europe, the Hammers cannot really afford to have two key senior central defenders out of action.

ROMFORD, ENGLAND – MARCH 06: Angelo Ogbonna of West Ham United during Training at Rush Green on March 6, 2020 in Romford, England. (Photo by Arfa Griffiths/West Ham United FC via Getty Images)

So, the report from the  recently which claimed West Ham had green-lit a January move for a centre-back was not at all surprising.

One of the names said to be of interest to West Ham in the above-linked report from was Liverpool’s Nathaniel Phillips.

This was followed by a further which claimed West Ham still wanted to sign Phillips despite his recent injury set-back.

West Ham to sign a left-footer?

So, given Phillips is a fringe star for Liverpool and West Ham are in need of a centre-back, a deal in January did seem likely.

However, a fresh report from on Friday has explained why Phillips is unlikely to be signed for West Ham.

The reason behind this is because most of West Ham’s current centre-backs are right-footed, so, ideally, they will sign a left-footer, which Phillips is not.

It is added that Nice’s Flavius Daniliuc is on West Ham’s radar.