Manchester City’s Phil Foden is an ‘absolute genius’ and England boss Gareth Southgate needs to utilise him a lot more.
That is the view of former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock, speaking after the Three Lions’ shock defeat on Tuesday night.
Southgate’s troops suffered a 4-0 defeat at home to Hungary in a Nations League contest.
The Manchester City attacker has managed only 24 minutes of his country’s four games in this competition thus far.
And Warnock believes that starting him more regularly could be the key to unlocking Tottenham Hotspur and England captain Harry Kane up front.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “If you want to create for Harry Kane, it has to come from somewhere. Phil Foden is a genius, an absolute genius, he could be one of the most decorated footballers of the English game because he is that good and started so young at Manchester City.
“He’s one of the first names in their team but we struggle to get him in the England team. “
Foden is definitely the real deal, with Gary Lineker once claiming last season he could even play for Liverpool.
Earlier this year, Manchester City icon Sergio Aguero admitted that the 22-year-old was his favourite player in world football at the moment, illustrating the youngster’s class.
And Warnock is right – he does play for City under Pep Guardiola.
This is someone who started 24 of his 28 Premier League appearances this past season as Guardiola’s side won the title.
So given that he’s struggling to even get a cameo appearance of the bench for his country is, as Warnock mentioned, a little bizarre.
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