Man City ‘planning’ £40 million move for Leeds teenager Harry Gray, with Kalvin Phillips mooted | OneFootball

Leeds Live reports that Manchester City are planning a move for Leeds United prospect Harry Gray, with a fee around £40 million thought to be required.

The 17-year-old forward, a product of the Leeds academy, has one senior outing, a late substitute appearance at Stoke City in last season’s Championship. This term he has mainly featured for the youth sides and was unused in two first-team squads in the Premier League and Carabao Cup.

Gray signed his first professional contract in October, committing to Elland Road until 2027. The report adds he is viewed as a long-term starter at the Etihad Stadium and has been tracked for some time.

His brother, Archie Gray, graduated from Leeds’ academy and left for Tottenham in summer 2024 for around £40 million after 50-plus senior outings. He has since made just shy of 60 appearances without a goal or assist and is under contract until 2030.

City could look to include a player to reduce the fee, with Kalvin Phillips rumoured as the obvious candidate. The 30-year-old Leeds alumnus made over 230 senior appearances, scoring 14 and assisting 13, before a £45 million move to City in 2022.

Phillips has managed only 32 City appearances across three years, with unsuccessful loans at West Ham and Ipswich Town. This season he has played 7 minutes in the third-round Carabao Cup win over Huddersfield and has not featured in the Premier League or Champions League, while reported £150,000-a-week wages are seen as a sticking point, above Leeds’ reported top earner Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Source: Leeds Live