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Wolves and Bournemouth are battling Aston Villa in the race to sign Kalvin Phillips from Leeds.

Villa have offered £11million for Phillips and now Wolves and Bournemouth are following up on their interest in Leeds’ rising midfield star.

Phillips, 23, is one of the Championship’s best players and was named in the EFL Team of the Season along with team-mate Liam Cooper.

Villa, Wolves and Bournemouth have tracked him for some time and believe he can make the step up to the Premier League.

Leeds are fighting to hang on to their academy graduate and would want around £30million before they would consider selling him.

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Villa are prepared to increase Phillips’ salary by six times to £60,000-a-week and Leeds have responded by opening talks over new terms.

They are willing to hand him a pay rise on his current £10,000-a-week deal, which expires in 2021, but he has rejected their first offer.

Phillips wants more and is keen to achieve parity with Leeds’ top earners Patrick Bamford and Kiko Casilla.

Leeds hope Phillips will not agitate for a move and may even suggest he can go next summer if he commits to staying at Elland Road for one more season.

Leeds are under no financial pressure to sell, having brought in a combined £14.5million from the sales of Jack Clarke and Pontus Jansson.

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Villa boss Dean Smith has identified Ryan Woods at his old club Brentford if he fails to land Phillips.

Woods cost Brentford £6.5million from Stoke in January and Smith said: “Ryan is a great kid, who is improving all the time as a footballer.

“He makes a game tick. He can switch play and keep the ball moving.”