Phil Foden is reportedly on the verge of finalising a new contract with Manchester City that will see the England international’s wages skyrocket to £200,000-a-week.
90min claim that the 21-year-old winger will soon pen a new deal with his boyhood club that will keep Foden at City until 2027, with the youngster also set to become one of the highest-paid players in the side behind the likes of Kevin De Bruyne and new summer signing Erling Haaland.
Foden has been in discussions with City over a new contract for months, with the Premier League champions prioritising older players whose deals run out sooner than the versatile attacker. However, the saga now looks set to be over, with the England star close to penning a long-term deal.
One of the Premier League’s most exciting players and a talent who Neil Warnock hailed as a ‘genius’, Foden is one of City’s most important figures and has been key to the club’s last two title wins in the English top-flight, with the academy graduate also winning the PFA Young Player of the Year in the past two seasons.
With Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling both leaving Manchester this summer, there’s space in the squad for Foden to become the club’s superstar attacker, with Haaland set for a year of adaptation in the Premier League following his blockbuster move to City from Borussia Dortmund.
Indeed, Foden is on course to become a legend at City, with the winger already a four-time Premier League champion, and signing this new deal until 2027 is a decision the club should have made many months ago instead of waiting this long to get the deal finalised.
New City contract for Foden could be the beginning of his new legacy
City struck gold with Foden as a the boyhood fan of the club is now arguably England’s most exciting talent for the future, and the winger signing this new contract feels like the beginning of a new era for the attacker and the start of a new legacy the youngster could forge in Manchester.
With just the UEFA Champions League missing from the winger’s trophy cabinet, Foden could realistically lead City to glory in Europe in the coming seasons, and with the superstar set to stay until 2027, the attacker could solidify himself as a club legend in the next five years if he can bring continental success to the blue side of Manchester.
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