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Phillips airs future hope at Liverpool after enjoying breakthrough campaign in Van Dijk's absence

The no-nonsense centre-half has benefitted from injuries to others in 2020-21, but he hopes there remains a place for him at Anfield

Nat Phillips became an unlikely star for Liverpool in 2020-21, as he benefited from the injury-enforced absences of Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez, and the 24-year-old defender hopes there will be a future role for him at Anfield.

The no-nonsense centre-half has admitted that he was ready to push for the exits ahead of a campaign on Merseyside that has just come to a close, with it difficult to see where he figured in Jurgen Klopp's plans.