Leeds’ Kalvin Phillips trolls West Ham over a ‘£50m bid’ then quickly deletes his comment only for onlooking Instagram users to pick up on it.
It had been reported that a £50million bid was put to the Whites during the January transfer window, no deal came to fruition and it left Hammers fans unhappy with the lack of any signings made to strengthen their bid for a top four finish in the Premier League.
Manager David Moyes has insisted it was ‘not for the want of trying’ before claiming several big bids were knocked back.
Last weekend The Evening Standard claimed West Ham had offered Leeds £50m for England international midfielder Phillips.
That followed a bid of the same figure for Phillips’ Leeds teammate and Brazil forward Raphinha.
West Ham were mocked by talkSPORT’s Simon Jordan and former Hammers striker Dean Ashton for ‘phantom bids and faux ambition’ in the wake of the supposed bids to Leeds.
Jordan has savaged West Ham chief Sullivan – the club’s majority stakeholder – accusing him of phantom bids and faux ambition (talkSPORT).
“I wrote an article in The Guardian 15 years ago about David Sullivan and his transfer activities and I’ll read some of it (Jordan proceeds to read an extract in which he claims Sullivan ‘misled’ the press about a phantom bid for Andy Johnson when Birmingham owner),” Jordan said on talkSPORT.
🤦♂️ “This is a standard way of operating by Sullivan & Gold.”
😳 “Who told West Ham #lufc’s Kalvin Phillips was ready to go there?”
📢 “We can all bid on players and let the media know of our ambitions!”
Simon Jordan thinks #WHUFC’s board aren’t being serious in their bids. pic.twitter.com/zfMFIF3zxi
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) January 31, 2022
“‘It was an attempt to unsettle my player and make himself and Birmingham look ambitious’.
“There’s your mate (Jordan says to White on his West Ham ‘source’).
“First of all the player (Kalvin Phillips) has got two and a half years left on his contract. This is a standard way of operating that Sullivan – and Gold – but maybe a bit more David (Sullivan) has.
“Who in God’s name told him Kalvin Phillips wants and is ready to go to West Ham? And on what basis have they gone in for a £50m player who was never going to go there in the first place?
“It looks good on paper. We can all bid for players and make sure the media are aware of our ambitions without actually being able to conclude them.”
Leeds themselves denied ever receiving a formal offer from West Ham for Phillips, and the player kept this in mind when taking to taunt the Hammers.
Earlier this week, he took to mock West Ham with a comment on their bid for Raphinha in a post on social media.
He played a vital part in his country’s latest World Cup qualifying win as he scored and had two more goals ruled out as Brazil hit four past Paraguay in Belo Horizonte.
After the game, Raphina took to Instagram and posted pictures with a caption: “What an amazing night. Congratulations to all for the delivery and the match we made. Thanks for everyone’s support. We go for more, for much more.”
Kalvin Phillips responded by taunting West Ham over their £50m bid then deleted the comment.
Phillips commented on the Instagram post with a sarcastic dig, saying: “50 million they said” alongside by a laughing emoji, eyes and flames.
FAN REACTION:
@Jack_T_92: Rattled you, bless.
@FelixLUFC: Who won England player of the year again?
@theianclay: Personally I’d love West Ham to keep Declan and us Phillips and Raph. Sick of this ‘should be at a top 6 club’ mentality from the so called pundits
@D4NNYP: He’s got a point!
@LufcRudi: Aw someone rattled
@ScottSh78134677: That’s actually quite funny. Even other players know our owners are a laughing stock 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@howard0305: Looked through all of the Rice/ Phillips stats and can confirm Rice is definitely taller
@selldit: I mean it’s a funny comment. Let’s all be less sensitive.
@mikestanes1: He’s right. Don’t see why your getting so defensive. Our board are embarrassing
@DanielT62021844: Declan rice will be gone in the summer. And ‘miss from 2 yards’ Bowen
@alexjg0: Proper fucking freak, he’s spot on. Gsb buzzing they’ve got enablers like you
@whujoe: can’t say i blame him. even we laughed😂
@Bishal376: Don’t take it so hard!! rice won’t be at WHU next season for you to rep😂😂
@benjamdm: Hopefully we can convince him to come in the summer and at least *try* to replace Declan. 🙏🏻
Declan Rice with England’s player of the year. 🏴 #lufc #alaw https://t.co/B87PhD5nLF pic.twitter.com/JNgniJwL03
— talkleeds (@talkleeds_) February 2, 2022
— LS27 (@LeedsVyt) February 2, 2022
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