West Ham are reportedly set to make a move for Liverpool defender Nat Phillips in January. Although the player still has a broken cheekbone injury.

Hammers manager David Moyes is keen to add a new defender to the squad in January. Because both Angelo Ogbonna and Kurt Zouma were seriously injury.

With both absences. The Hammers are left with only centre-back options.The 31-year-old Craig Dawson and Issa Diop.

Nat Phillips are reportedly available to leave next month. But Liverpool will only agree to sell him after a deal of around £10million is reach.

The centre-back suffer a fracture cheekbone in the Champions League clash with AC Milan final group stage.

However. Despite the injury. The Hammers are yet to drop plans for the 24-year-old. According to the Evening Standard.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has reveal. That Phillips could return to training this week. Hope to fit in mid-January.

However, any move for the 24-year-old looked to be in jeopardy when it was confirmed last week that Phillips had suffered a fractured cheekbone during his superb performance against AC Milan in the Champions League.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp. Though is hopeful that the defender will be back in training this week and that. While he will follow an individual training program could be fit again by early to mid-January.

Speaking last week. Klopp said: “[It is] not as bad as it could have been. No surgery, he can train pretty much from next week. How long it will take? Around four or five weeks.”  according to report by ufabet