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Pep Guardiola apologises to Kalvin Phillips for publicly calling him out for being overweight last season as Man City midfielder’s struggles continue on loan at West Ham

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Pep Guardiola has apologised to Kalvin Phillips for publicly revealing the midfielder was overweight last season.

Phillips was told to stay away from Manchester City over Christmas on failing to hit target weight after returning from a post-World Cup holiday to New York.

The 28-year-old, who has endured a turbulent start on loan at West Ham United, recently admitted that he felt hurt by the way in which Guardiola announced the issue through the Press.

His mother, Lindsay, stopped attending City matches. Phillips has said that he didn't disagree with Guardiola's assessment but that there are 'different ways to go about' things.