£6m West Brom, QPR and Sheffield United signing 'open' to transfer to League One club

Matt Phillips is reportedly 'open' to dropping down a level to League One after leaving West Brom.

The 33-year-old was one of several first team players let go by the Baggies in the summer. Phillips left WBA following eight years of service, and during that time he made 255 appearances, playing in three Premier League seasons, whilst also plying a key part in the promotion winning campaign in 2020.

It's the first time in Phillips' career that he has been a free agent, having always moved club for a transfer fee. He cost West Brom a reported £6m back in 2016, but now he could be set for a move to the team which first had him.

According to the Bucks Free Press, Phillips is 'open' to a return to Wycombe Wanderers this summer. He is currently a free agent and has apparently been working with a personal trainer in Oxford to help him maintain his fitness as he continues his search for a new club following his departure from the Hawthorns.

Phillips, born in Aylesbury, not toof ar from Wycombe came through the academy system at Adams Park. He was there for nine years having joined as an eight-year-old. He played 87 times for the Chairboys, scoring nine goals and was plucked from League Two by Ian Holloway, who took him to the Premier League with Blackpool, for a reported fee of around £700,000.

He would get to play in 27 of the Seasidrs' games in the English top-flight, and would go on to spend three years at Bloomfield Road with a successful loan spell to Sheffield United in between.

QPR signed him in August 2013, handing him a long term contract, and he would get another shot of the Premier League after helping them win promotion in 2014. Phillips played 94 times for the Hoops before being signed by West Brom in 2016, and now for the first time in his 17-year playing career, he finds himself without a club with the season just a few weeks away.