The extreme Phil Foden there is still a role for City of Manchester this season, coach said Pep Guardiola, adding that the 22-year-old player is the “diamond” of the team. Foden injured his ankle while playing for England at the World Cup in Qatar and has played well for City thanks to the good form of Jack Grealish and Riyad Mahrez.
Guardiola said Foden, who has started three of his last 10 Premier League games, has called time to recover from injury. “If you’re trying to say I don’t trust Phil, forget it. Phil is our diamond,” Guardiola told reporters on Friday. “I want Phil to push them (Grealish and Mahrez) and, of course, Phil can play in the middle, in a more central position,” he argued.
“I always tell him: ‘You’re very young, next season is new.’ If you drop a bit this season compared to last, it’s an absolutely normal process.” “How do you manage it is the question. He is training like an animal, there is no doubt about that, and he will come back.”
City, second in the league table behind Arsenal, play at Bournemouth on Saturday.
Source: La Verdad
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