Kalvin Phillips reacts as Leeds confirm Ezgjan Alioski exit
Leeds United finally confirmed the exit of Ezgjan Alioski on Monday afternoon, much to the disappointment of many.
The Whites admitted they offered numerous contracts to the Macedonian international, but they fell on deaf ears.
Tributes have already started flooding in for the crazy left-back, who probably won’t ever be forgotten at Elland Road.
Kalvin Phillips is currently away with the England squad preparing for the biggest game of his career yet, the EURO 2020 semi-finals.
The Yorkshire Pirlo is still keeping a close eye on things in West Yorkshire though, and sent an emotional message on his personal Instagram account.
“Good luck Brate,” he wrote.
“You will be missed.”
Goodbye.
Wow, what a four-year spell it has been.
Alioski will never be forgotten, and his memory will go long into our future after he has gone on to seal his next move.
Phillips has been there every step of the way and has shared amazing memories with the left-back, including guiding us back to the Premier League by winning the Championship.
One thing we will likely regret is not giving him a proper farewell, just as we did with Pablo Hernandez and Gaetano Berardi.
This starts an exciting transition for the club, though, waving goodbye to our options from the Championship, and bringing in big-name players.
Junior Firpo is set to replace Alioski, and we don’t think there will be one complaint about that this month – goodbye Gjanni.
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