Pep Lijnders confirms loan "interest" in Calvin Ramsay, Nat Phillips
The defensive duo returned to Anfield earlier in the January transfer window following underwhelming stints elsewhere, with Phillips turning out for Celtic while Ramsay plied his trade with Preston North End.
Phillips pulled on the Celtic jersey eight times in the first half of the 2023-24 campaign, but he only made the starting lineup on three occasions in the Scottish Premiership and once in the Champions League.
Meanwhile, Ramsay was restricted to just two appearances for Preston North End during his time in the Championship, having been plagued by knee surgery and then a nasty COVID-19 infection.
Despite Liverpool's well-documented defensive injury crisis, which has seen Jurgen Klopp lose Joel Matip, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Kostas Tsimikas, neither man has made a matchday squad since coming back to Merseyside and are not in the Reds' immediate plans.
As a result, Liverpool are keen to find new stomping grounds for Ramsay and Phillips before the January transfer window closes, as the pair bid to consign their previous unsuccessful loans to history.
Speaking to the media ahead of Wednesday's EFL Cup semi-final second leg with Fulham, Lijnders confirmed that Ramsay and Phillips have attracted potential suitors, although no deal has been struck yet.
«Him and Nat [Phillips], good examples. There's interest – [which] is good. We have to find – with the agent, with himself, with the clubs – the right decision for the player. He needs to have game time, needs to play, have a lot of success,» Lijnders told the media.
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