Kalvin Phillips was a man in-demand in the summer transfer window, with Leeds United rebuffing all interest in their dynamic holding midfielder.

Leeds eventually secured Phillips on a new contract, whilst also confirming that they’d rebuffed serious Premier League interest in the 24-year-old.

Amongst the clubs that were interested were Aston Villa, with the newly-promoted Premier League side keen on adding Phillips to their midfield ranks.

As they were unsuccessful, they eventually settled on Douglas Luiz and Marvelous Nakamba, which has prompted the question from Mat Kendrick whether they’d have been better off with Phillips in their midfield.

Plenty of fans are debating that Phillips is just an unproven as the current Villa duo, others feel like the addition of Phillips would’ve made a massive difference to the side’s chances of retaining their Premier League status.

Here, we take a look at what the Villa fans had to say on the question surrounding Phillips…

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