Ashley Phillips is being tipped to play for England (Picture: Twitter)Manchester United and Chelsea are battling it out to sign Blackburn Rovers sensational Ashley Phillips, who is being tipped to become a future England star. Phillips is already training with Rovers’ first team and the club want to tie him down to a new long-term contract to protect their asset. ‘But he is still just a young boy. He needs time, which is why he’s training with the first-team so that he gets confident and used to the level of intensity. ‘It’s not as easy to put a really talented young defender in as opposed to a talented young striker where it doesn’t matter if he loses the ball every now and then.

Source: Metro February 07, 2022 20:19 UTC