Phil Foden set to sign new long-term contract at Manchester City until 2028

Phil Foden has agreed a brand new long-term contract at Manchester Metropolis.

The event brings to an finish a prolonged interval of negotiation, with sources disclosing {that a} deal had been on the desk for a lot of months.

An announcement is predicted within the coming days or early subsequent week – however bosses on the Etihad Stadium are delighted with the information forward of the brand new season.

Phil Foden is on the verge of signing a brand new long-term take care of Manchester Metropolis till 2028

A homegrown star, Stockport-born Foden, 22, excelled final season for each membership and nation and is the poster boy for Metropolis’s academy.

The brand new deal is predicted to tie him down for six years and see him greater than quadruple the fundamental £30,000-a-week contract he signed in 2018.

It would make him one of many highest-paid younger gamers on the planet.  

The deal comes amid fairly a tumultuous interval for Metropolis’s ahead areas, with Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus having been allowed to go away this summer season along with the persistent rumours of Bernardo Silva shifting to Barcelona.

The younger Englishman has established himself as a key participant for the membership beneath Pep Guardiola

Foden appeared in 28 league video games final season, scoring 9 occasions and helping an additional 5. Solely six outfield gamers performed extra minutes for the membership final time period. 

His stellar Premier League kind was rewarded together with his second PFA Younger Participant of the Yr award, seeing him beat off competitors from the likes of Bukayo Saka and Reece James.   

His significance to the aspect was mirrored in his beginning numerous essential video games final season, together with in each the away and residential fixtures towards Liverpool in addition to each legs of Metropolis’s Champions League semi-final tie towards Actual Madrid. Certainly, in Europe solely three gamers scored extra occasions than the Englishman for Metropolis.

His kind, each domestically and in Europe final season, is more likely to be mirrored within the phrases of his deal

The contract comes forward of an important marketing campaign for the younger man, with Metropolis bidding to win their fifth league title beneath Guardiola in addition to persevering with to chase the so-far elusive Champions League crown. Foden can also be more likely to play an important position in Gareth Southgate’s plans for the World Cup in Qatar.

Guardiola not too long ago gave an interview to Metropolis’s in-house media channel during which he spoke of his admiration for Foden and the way he instantly seen how a lot expertise the younger participant had when he arrived in 2016. 

He mentioned: ‘We noticed from the start how gifted he’s and we thought from the start this man can’t be loaned.

‘He will likely be with us, coaching with David Silva, Vincent [Kompany], with Sergio [Aguero], with all of the gamers who had a number of expertise and who would assist him together with his improvement.’ 

Guardiola not too long ago singled out Foden and Kevin De Bruyne for reward in a latest interview

He added: ‘There was no endurance [needed] as a result of instantly he was concerned and taking part in 90 minutes. Now he’s a actuality.

‘Phil handles the stress,’ Guardiola added. ‘He’s nonetheless having fun with taking part in soccer and feels he can enhance.’  

On Sunday, Foden watched on with England team-mate Mason Mount because the Lionesses gained the Euro 2022 Last at Wembley.

Foden was at Wembley on Sunday to look at the Lionesses defeat Germany 2-1 to win the ladies’s Euro 2022